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Trees - and Other Things You Might Not Get to See on This Trip.
100
This industry reached the Green River, in the Dakota Territory in 1868.
What is the Railroad?
100
Covering 91 square miles to the north from it’s dam in Utah, this is the largest man-made reservoir in Wyoming.
What is the Flaming Gorge Reservoir?
100
Arriving in 1868 this company laid the framework for the city of Green River.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad?
100
Built in 1964 & renamed in 1994, this landing field was given it's current name as a grab for attention by local leaders, or for "inhabitants of Jupiter who might wish to take sanctuary...in the event their planet is threatened by collisions from comets or meteor". Depending on which story you choose to believe.
What is The Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport?
100
The red sandstone in these rock pillars give this area along the upper end of the Flaming Gorge it's name.
What is Firehole Canyon?
200
The worlds largest deposit of this mineral is located West of Green River.
What is Trona?
200
Labeled by some as “The Crown Jewel of Southwest Wyoming.”
What is Little Mountain?
200
This outlaw used the natural features of the Red Desert as a place of refuge after robbing trains.
Who is Butch Cassidy.
200
Sweetwater County is second only to Campbell County in the number of registrations of this type of vehicle.
What are jacked-up diesel trucks?
200
This remnant of an ancient volcano is just Northeast of Rock Springs.
What is Boar's Tusk?
300
Though by no means the largest in the State these two coal mines are a significant economic driver for Sweetwater County.
What are the the Jim Bridger and Black Butte Coal Mines?
300
Though usually depicted with antlers, instead of the type of horns their name references; these small animals are attracted to the orange barrels during construction season.
What is a Jackalope?
300
This one-armed adventurer began the first expedition to explore the Colorado River System in Green River in 1869.
Who is John Wesley Powell?
300
Thomas Moran’s painting of this stunning geologic feature was on display in Times Square in 2014.
What are the Palisades?
300
One of the largest moving sand dunes in the world, this area is home to some great ATV-ing and the world's largest Desert Elk Herd.
What are the Killpecker Sand Dunes?
400
This technology was developed just north of Sweetwater county by McMurray and his partners and unlocked some of the largest gas fields in the U.S.
What is Fracking?
400
This wonder of nature takes up 9,320 square miles of SW Wyoming, and contains one of the largest endorheic (self-contained) drainage basins in the U.S.
What is the Red Desert?
400
Home to more miles of still-visible emigrant trails than any state in the union; these trails mark the trek Westward for many early settlers, name two of the six that pass through Sweetwater County.
What are the Oregon, California, Mormon, Overland, Cherokee or Pony Express Trails?
400
This street was the site of the last operating brothel in Rock Springs in the 1970's, and was featured on 60 Minutes as a hotbed of criminal activity.
What is K Street.
400
Consistently named the best mountain bike trail in Wyoming, and arguably one of the best in the country, this trail offers stunning views of the Green River and plenty of time alone in the outdoors.
What is the Wilkins Peak Trail?
500
The first utility scale version of these energy collectors in Wyoming is located just Northwest of Green River.
What is the Sweetwater Solar Field?
500
Abbreviated RD2H, this 150 mile long route is the longest recorded deer migration in the lower 48; and stretches from Interstate 80 to North of Jackson Hole.
What is the Red Desert to Hoback migration corridor?
500
In 1885, this tragic event in Rock Springs History, led to forced integration and to Rock Springs being known as the home to 56 nationalities.
What is the Chinese Massacre?
500
These man-made structures East of Rock Springs have the highest elevators in Wyoming.
What are the flu chimneys at the Jim Bridger Power Plant?
500
Highlighting the fact that people have made their lives in the desert for a long time, these sandstone carvings include drawings of elk, buffalo, horses, teepes and several kinds of human figures.
What are the White Mountain Petroglyphs?