Sunday July 20th we’re still at Lander and we went up to the cemetery where Chief Washakie who was a highly respected friend of the white man is buried. Chief Washakie lived to be over one hundred years old and was chief of the Shoshone for more than sixty years.
Also nearby is Sacagawea’s gravesite and memorial which is a life-size bronze of her.
Monday we went for a tour of the Eagle Bronze Foundry in Lander. This is a very prestigious company that produces some of the largest bronze sculptures in the world.
They have produced for many companies, cities and states including Dallas TX, New York City and businesses including Cabelas. After the foundry tour we went through their gallery and saw more of their finished products.
Tuesday we returned to South Pass and visited The Willie Handcart Co. Monument which is dedicated to the seventy-five members of the group headed for Utah who lost their lives in an early October 1856 winter storm. This is another spot where you can still see the wagon ruts of the westward migration.
Wednesday July 23rd we left Lander and traveled southwest over the Great Divide to Rock Springs, WY
Thursday we took a beautiful ride (about 150 miles) around the Flaming Gorge Nat’l Recreation Area which is partly in Wyoming and partly in Utah. This includes the dam on the Green river which forms a ninety-one mile long reservoir with many scenic vistas including deep canyons and mountain meadows. It is a beautiful area.
Friday we went up behind our campground at Rock Springs on a road that makes the back side of Little Bear Creek look like a turnpike to see some of the wild horses that live in this area. We got to see eighteen horses in groups of two to eight. It makes you wonder how they thrive with only high desert plants to eat, but they look healthy and reproduce as we saw three colts with them.
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