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

 

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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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