Register Cliff

Register Cliff is a 30 meter high sandstone cliff in Wyoming in the United States, near the village of Guernsey. In the soft rock have settlers who were traveling on the Oregon, California and Mormon Trail west direction, leave their name and often the date from around 1850.

The place was also known under the names register skirt and Sand Point station. More than 700 names have been carved into the wall and into the rock formations in the area. Many settlers hoped as a sign of life to be able to give to friends and relatives who were on the trail behind them on the go. In addition to the settlers, even early walkers, as explorers and mountain men in 1829 and later soldiers and farmers have left their mark. At one point even paintings of North American Indians can be seen. Three unknown graves are located in front of the wall on an old cemetery.

A day's journey after the settlers had left Fort Laramie, they reached this place around here near the North Platte River to spend the night. Was located on the cliff used to be a trading post and the Pony Express maintained a station here. Register Cliff was added to the National Register of Historic Places U.S. on April 30, 1970. The wall is one of three significant sites along the trails that have become known for this type of identification. The other points are the Independence skirt and Names Hill.

To protect the historical writings, a child safety gate was drawn around a portion of the cliff, erosion and vandalism have since been destroyed some historical writings. The cave at the base of the steep wall was built later, there to store potatoes of the nearby ranch and to protect them from frost in winter. Later it was used for storage of machines.

Access to the Register Cliff is free, parking is available directly on the wall available.