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	South Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Pass (elevation 7550 ft) is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming.
		The pass is located in a broad valley between the Wind River Range to the north and the Antelope Hills to the south, in southwestern Fremont County, approximately 35 miles (54 km) SSW of Lander.
		The pass is a broad open saddle with prairie and sagebrush, allowing a broad and nearly level route between the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Pass (595 words)

	South Pass on the Oregon-Trail
		South Pass was the most important landmark on the Oregon Trail; the key to westward migration.
		Without South Pass, wagon travel across the continent would have been impossible--and Oregon and California would probably not have become a part of the United States.
		South Pass crossed the continental divide and hence marked the boundary between the United States and Oregon Country.
	www.isu.edu /~trinmich/Southpass.html (151 words)

	South Pass City - Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South Pass City was founded in 1867 on the heels of the only significant gold discoveries in Wyoming.
		Esther Hobart Morris was appointed to be South Pass City's justice of the peace, and in so doing, became the first woman in the United States to hold a political office.
		The Friends of South Pass consistently search for grants and other means to fund the endowment, but the truly meaningful support comes from individual donors, who know, and have a love for, their nation's cultural heritage.
	www.southpasscity.com /friends.aspx (698 words)

	The Overland Trail: South Pass--Last Updated 06/19/01
		South Pass: Places in the West The South Pass was the doorway through the Rockies for emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
		South Pass on the Oregon Trail Without South Pass, wagon travel across the continent would have been impossible and Oregon and California would probably not have become a part of the United States.
		The Detroit Advertiser having asserted that Fremont was the discoverer of the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, a correspondent of the Detroit Free Press denies the truth of statement and the editor of that journal publishes this letter from Ramsay Crooks, Esq., of New York in June 1856.
	www.over-land.com /southpass.html (393 words)

	South Pass National Historic Landmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South Pass served as the primary mountain gateway to the West for emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail during the great westward migration of the mid-nineteenth century.
		The pass itself is located on the northwest edge of the Wyoming Basin--a desert-like geographical feature which extends south for 150 miles and forms a complete break in the Rocky Mountain chain.
		The divide at South Pass is rimmed on the north by the Wind River Range, and on the south by barren hills, creating a broad, sagebrush-covered plain some twenty miles wide.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /spass.htm (260 words)

	South Pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South Pass was certainly known to the native inhabitants of this region for centuries.
		This marker was inscribed and erected by Captain H. Nickerson, president of the Oregon Trail Commission of Wyoming, in 1916.
		A state historic park, South Pass City is unrelated to the emigration.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /trailsdemo/southpass.htm (359 words)

	South Pass City, South Lander, Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South Pass City began with a boom in 1867 with the discovery of gold on the southeastern end of the rugged Wind River Mountains.
		South Pass City hummed with excitement as numerous saloons, stamp mills, hotels, and businesses took advantage of the gold driven economy.
		South Pass City was the first of three towns established due to the discovery of gold in what became the Sweetwater Mining District.
	wyoparks.state.wy.us /spcslide.htm (1002 words)

	BLM Wyoming Lander Field Office South Pass Area Attractions
		The South Pass area is of national historical significance for several reasons.
		South Pass is the gently sloping hump of the emigrant trails, rising to an elevation of only 7,526 feet.
		In addition, an 1868 tea party hosted by South Pass City resident Esther Hobart Morris was the catalyst which led the Wyoming Territorial Legislature to become the first governmental unit in the world to grant women the right to vote and hold office.
	www.wy.blm.gov /lfo/cultural/southpass.htm (527 words)

	Oregon-California Trails Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South Pass was the key to the entire overland emigration.
		While the pass had certainly been used by Indians, the first known usage by white men occurred in 1812 when Robert Stuart and six companions crossed the mountains here on their return to the East from Astoria.
		The Platau of the South Pass is from 15 to 20 miles wide -- and as you approach the Summit level or the point of culmination it is gradually narrowed down."
	www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/SouthPass.asp (464 words)

	Stories of the South Pass
		South Pass was discovered in 1812 by a small party of Astorians led by Robert Stuart as they traveled east with dispatches for John Jacob Astor.
		His object was to survey the South Pass, and measure the highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
		The Springs were the first source of water and the broad area at the foot of the gradual decline from South Pass provided a good campsite for emigrant wagons and accompanying livestock.
	www.tourwyoming.com /articles/SouthPassStories.htm (2658 words)

	South Pass City State Historical Site
		The authentically furnished South Pass Hotel will give you a realistic glimpse of what it was like to stay in the real west during the late 1800s.
		South Pass is the gentle ascent where the trail crosses the Continental Divide called “Uncle Sam’s backbone” by the emigrants.
		She served successfully as a justice of the peace in South Pass City in 1870.
	www.ultimatewyoming.com /sectionpages/sec5/extras/sopasshistsite.html (2597 words)

	SA, Lesotho to upgrade Sani Pass - SouthAfrica.info
		The road through Sani Pass, one of southern Africa's most spectacular mountain passes, is to be upgraded, opening up the corridor from Thaba Tseka in Lesotho to Pietermaritzburg in South Africa and providing easier access to the Maloti-Drakensberg transfrontier area.
		South Africa's and Lesotho's transport ministers, Jeff Radebe and Neo Masithela, launched the R160-million upgrade project at the SA-Lesotho border near Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
		South Africa has the richest concentration of rock art in Africa and among the finest in the world.
	www.southafrica.info /africa/sanipass-190706.htm (481 words)

	South Pass City--A Town With a Life of Its Own
		South Pass City was on the main north-south route to Yellowstone.
		He traveled to South Pass City in 1867 with others seeking riches and staked out several choice business locations in town, as well as several gold claims, thus beginning a long and successful career as an entrepreneur and speculator.
		Purchasing the Idaho House Hotel in 1873 and promptly renaming it the South Pass Hotel, she turned it into a business that supported a large extended family for the next 80 years.
	www.bobbrooke.com /southpass.htm (1067 words)

	South Pass - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		SOUTH PASS [South Pass] broad, level valley (alt.
		An important unit of the Oregon Trail, it served for many years as a gateway for immigration to the west of the Rockies and was later a part of the pony express route.
		Cuzzone's 4 TD passes spur Downers South to win.(Sports)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-SthPass.html (315 words)

	South Pass City, Wyoming
		South Pass City, Wyoming is located in a small valley along the banks of Willow Creek on the southeastern end of the Wind River Mountains.
		South Pass City, famous for being the home of women’s suffrage, is also within a few miles of several other significant historic sites, including Willie’s Handcart Historic Site, the Spaulding-Whitman Marker, Camp Stambaugh, and the Oregon Trail.
		South Pass City is a must see when you are in Lander.
	www.windrivercountry.com /lander/southpasscitystatehistoric.html (729 words)

	South Pass Lighthouse, Louisiana at Lighthousefriends.com
		At the entrance to South Pass, where water from the Mississippi River mixes with that of the gulf, stands a white skeletal tower known as the South Pass or Port Eads Lighthouse.
		The first South Pass Lighthouse was built by Winslow Lewis, who returned to the Mississippi Delta a couple of years after having successfully completed a tower at Frank’s Island to mark Northeast Pass.
		The South Pass tower exhibited a flashing light and was encircled by a horizontal fl band midway up the white tower.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=812 (1027 words)

	Air New Zealand - South Pacific Airpass
		The South Pacific Airpass is an ideal way to add an extra destination or two to a trip.
		Must be sold in conjunction with an international ticket to the country from which the pass commences.
		Must be purchased in conjunction with an international ticket, originating outside Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific islands of Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and French Polynesia.
	www.southpacific.org /map/airpass.html (717 words)

	Historic Markers
		South Pass is a wide and gentlly sloping passage through the Rockies.
		Once through South Pass, Ashley split his men into four groups that spread out in what is now southern Wyoming and northern Utah.
		The rendezvous was always held in relative closeness to South Pass.
	hometown.aol.com /eagad2/grr_markers.html (552 words)

	Gold Placer Potential of the South Pass Greenstone Belt, Western Wyoming
		South Pass City lies 30 miles south of the town of Lander and is accessed from graded roads leading from Highway 28 along the western margin of the greenstone belt.
		The Carissa mine near South Pass City, was the principal source of gold in the district.
		The nearby Mary Ellen mine (to the south) reportedly produced 6,050 ounces, and the ore averaged 0.4 opt.
	www.wsgs.uwyo.edu /metals/sp_placers.aspx (3531 words)

	Western Wanderings: South Pass, Wyoming
		If South Pass did not exist, the history of the United States would be so different as to be unimaginable.
		For every traveler who disparaged South Pass, there was one who knew the most important landmarks are those you don’t recognize at first, who understood that he or she had reached the point of no return in a great journey.
		Southwest of South Pass, Farson has only one motel but does have the Farson Mercantile (at the junction of State 28 and State 191; 273-9511), where people line up to buy what are possibly the world’s biggest ice cream cones.
	www.sunset.com /Premium/Travel/1998/WestWander98/WWSouthPass.html (1437 words)

	PASS Resources - South America - Books - Middle School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Introduces the unusual dolphins that have adapted to life in the Amazon River region of South America, explores their habitats, and explains why they are endangered and what can be done to protect them.
		Examines the art of Mexico and Central and South America, beginning in 20,000 B.C. and continuing through the late twentieth century, and considers art and artists in their wider social, historical, economic, and cultural contexts.
		Describes the geography, weather and climate, and plants and animals of South America, a continent of contrasts.
	www.okhighered.org /OASIS/pass/south-america/books-middle-school.html (843 words)

	JCS Poncha Pass/South Park/Como/Boreas Pass Photos
		Kenosha Pass, South Park, Como, and Boreas Pass, were all locations on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.
		The Denver, South Park and Pacific was chartered to build a railroad from the Denver area, through South Park, to California, and the Los Angles area, in the late 1800's.
		While the South Park was very important to the financial success of mining operations in Colorado, it had been financed, and operated in a speculative fashion.
	home.att.net /~jcspers/ponchapasssouthparkcomoboreas.html (1120 words)

	The Pioneer Story/Trail Location/South Pass
		South Pass, often referred to as the Cumberland Gap of the West, is the threshold of the Continental Divide.
		Pacific Springs, just beyond South Pass, bears its name because of the westward flow of the water toward the Pacific Ocean.
		"Near South Pass we found more brethren from the Valley, with several quarters of good fat beef hanging frozen on the limbs of the trees where they were encamped.
	www.lds.org /gospellibrary/pioneer/31_South_Pass.html (127 words)

	South Pass Granite-Greenstone Belt
		South Pass has historically been the state's most productive gold and iron ore district (see Hausel, 1991, WSGS, Report of Investigations 44).
		Hausel, W.D., 1986, Preliminary report on the geology and gold mineralization of the South Pass granite-greenstone terrain, Wind River Mountains, western Wyoming (USA), in Workshop on the Tectonic Evolution of Greenstone Belts: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, p.
		Hausel, W.D., 1990, Archean gold mineralization within the South Pass greenstone terrain, Wyoming in Hollister, V.T., editor, Case histories of gold deposits, Volume 2, Discoveries of valuable minerals and precious metals deposits related to intrusions and faults: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, p.
	www.wsgs.uwyo.edu /metals/southpass.aspx?Text_Only=no (1794 words)

	Step Back Into History In The South Pass Region
		The first South Pass City was an 1850s stage and telegraph station where the trail made its final crossing of the Sweetwater River.
		In the first territorial legislative, William Bright, a saloon keeper, mine owner and representative from South Pass City, wrote and introduced a women's suffrage bill.
		The restoration at old South Pass City is amazing, and of interest to young and old, don't forget, South Pass was the birth place of women's right to vote!
	www.wyomingmade.com /southpass.htm (785 words)

	South Pass on the Oregon-Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Without South Pass, wagon travel across the continent would have been impossible and Oregon and California would probably not have become a part of the United States.
		Emigrant Lorenzo Sawyer: "Most emigrants have a very erroneous idea of South Pass, and their inquiries about it are amusing enough.
		Historian William Hill: "(Without South Pass)we wouldn't have tied the western part and the eastern part of the country together.
	www.lm.liverpool.k12.ny.us /Whacked/OregonTrail/Southpass.html (196 words)

	PASS Resources - South America - Books - Primary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Examines the life of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, discussing his childhood and youth, his travels to Spain, his voyage on behalf of King Ferdinand V, his development of a navigation system, his further expeditions, and his final years.
		All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture, who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
		Describes human life in river valleys, with the Wayana Indians of South America and the Omo of East Africa as examples.
	www.okhighered.org /oasis/pass/south-america/books-primary.html (780 words)

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