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Union Pass
Name: Union Pass
County: Fremont
Authority Name:
GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1095236W
Latitude: 432853N
Legal Description:
Elevation: 9212/2808
(ft/m)
Feature Type: Gap
Origin of Name:
To the left of our route and some 10 miles from it rises a bold conical peak, 3,000 or 4,000 feet above us. That peak I regard as the topographical centre of the continent, the waters from its sides flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. I named it Union Peak and the Pass Union Pass.
Source: Raynolds, Yellowstone
The pass was named by Captain William F. Raynolds, who crossed it on May 31, 1860, on his way to Yellowstone.
Source: WPA
Other Names:
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History:
Union Pass was the mountain thoroughfare of the early fur traders and explorers on their way to or from the northwest on their way to the great interior basin of the arid region.
Source: Wyoming State Engineer, 1897-1898
Stories:
Maps:
1:24000 Quadrangle: Fish Creek Park
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Union Pass
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