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Wyoming’s Red Desert Series II

From my many year’s traveling down to Wyoming, and spending time out in the Red Desert.

This is Steamboat Mountain, viewed from across the Sagebrush Sea. A Tri-Territorial Marker is situated up on top of this portion of the Continental Rim; this formation naturally challenged settlers attempting to head to Oregon or Salt Lake. There is, nearby, a gradual ascent up a cantilevered basin floor, called "South Pass". This is where wagons could climb up over the Rim and continue on westwards...

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Uploaded on March 17, 2026
Taken on June 11, 2017