South Pass City, Wyoming

42.468288 - 108.799836Koordinaten: 42 ° 28 '6 " N, 108 ° 47 ' 59 " W

42.468288-108.799836

South Pass City is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming. It is located on the summit of the South Pass, near the town of Atlantic City, and includes a living area, the actual South Pass City, as well as an open air museum, the South Pass City Historic Site. Since 26 February 1970, the site on the National Register of Historic Places is listed.

History

The South Pass was used by the travelers of the Oregon Trail from 1840 until the establishment of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869 as a major transition over the Rocky Mountains. 1866 was found near the summit of gold. A year later founded the attracted by the discovery of gold gold seekers and adventurers South Pass City and the Carissa Mine began operations. The boom continued in 1868. The population on the South Pass rose to 2000, more than half of whom lived in South Pass City, the other in neighboring towns Atlantic City and Hamilton City. Alone South Pass City had at that time to more than 250 buildings, including seven hotels and several stores.

Mines and saloon owner William Bright initiated in the first parliament of the Wyoming Territory, a bill that could vote according to the women. The Act came into force in 1869. This Wyoming was the first territory of the United States, in the women's suffrage was introduced. 1870 Esther Hobart Morris, was also living in South Pass City, appointed the first female judge peace.

From 1872, left many miners and businessmen South Pass City, disappointed by the meager gold discoveries and because the area transposed than hoped less money. By 1875 the population had fallen to the South Pass to around 100 people. The nearby military post of Camp Stambaugh was abandoned in 1878. Later discovery of gold led to a second smaller boom, which left the population temporarily rise again to 500. Overall, the value of gold from the South Pass region is estimated at 7 million U.S. dollars. Today lives a handful of people in South Pass City.

South Pass Historic Site

1966 bought the Wyoming 's 75th Anniversary Commission, the area of South Pass City to showcase the local history as an open air museum to the public. Since 1970, the South Pass Historic Site on the National Register of Historic Places is performed. Meanwhile, some 30 buildings of South Pass City have been restored and opened to the public. In the buildings of 30,000 artifacts are exhibited. 2004 bought the authority Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, the somewhat outlying Carissa Mine.