Skewing back to the Wild West, amigo

Step back in time, traveler, to Register Cliff - a tasty slice of cowboy past nestled in Wyoming’s Platte. This 100-foot chalky limestone was a crucial marker on the Oregon Trail, a landmark for those making a beeline westward alongside the riverbanks. This ain't any old cliff, though. This is where the grizzled trail-hardened folk left their first etchings, known then as 'registering'. People, be they weary prospectors or brawny pioneers, carved their names into the rocks during the Great Western Migration of the 19th century. With over half a million emigrants migrating these trails between 1843 and 1869, one in ten bit the sandcastle on the way, usually thanks to disease. Register Cliff is one of three noteworthy emigrant ‘autograph spots’ within Wyoming, the other two being Independence Rock and Names Hill. The site was introduced to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

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