Name: Register Cliff Monument

 

County: Platte

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1044303W

Latitude: 421445N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4334/1321

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Park

 

Origin of Name:

First stopping place of the emigrants after leaving Fort Laramie. South of the camp is a tall cliff of white chalky rock  on which many of the pioneers carved their names.  

Source: WPA

 

Register Cliff is about 650 feet south of the North Platte River. On its chalk face, thousands of travelers over the old trails cut their names; some of those who died on the way were buried near its base. About 700 inscriptions remain legible; one is dated 1842. The meadow at the foot of the cliff, which was originally called Sand Point, was the first stopping place of emigrants west of Fort Laramie.

Source: Wyoming Guide                      

 

Other Names: Sand Point

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Register Cliff

 

Newspapers:

 

Bibliography: 

Historic Site

http://wyomingheritage.org/registerCliff.html

 

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