Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail (Salt River Pass)

The stone does not stand on the road it names. The Lander road kept to the lower eastern approach of this pass and never climbed to its summit. The 1939 marker first stood beside the trail's crossing on what is now Forest Dell Road, at the bottom of the grade, where a sign marks the spot today, and was later moved up here to the 7,610-foot top of US-89. Its dedication repeats the formula of the 1931 town stones at Kemmerer and Cokeville, to all pioneers who passed this way.

What the plaque says

Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail. Dedicated to all Pioneers who passed this way to win and hold the West. Erected by the Historical Land mark Commission of Wyoming in 1939.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• National Oregon/California Trail Center — 24 mi
  Emigrants came down off Big Hill and camped in the clover here. Brigham Young renamed the town; the trail center brings the camp back in costume.
• Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge — 30 mi
  The Bear River crosses this marsh twice: once in a canal into Bear Lake, and once in another canal on its way back out.

More markers nearby

• Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail / Stock Trail — 5.2 mi
• Osmond — 12 mi
• Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail (Stump Creek) — 21 mi
• Golden Anniversary Monument — 21 mi