02653ckd a22004573a 4500 19558880 20250607074614.2 cr|||||||||||| ki|c|| 170214s2016 wyunnn uo kneng 19558880 0 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw63 2017-03 2017688142 (DLC)hig2017003152 LC-DIG-highsm-38250 DLC (original digital file) DLC DLC dcrmg eng LC-DIG-highsm- 38250 Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer. Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance, had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west [graphic]. 2016-05-29. 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. They called it Independence Rock with the appreciation that it would be wise to reach this location in what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, by U.S. Independence Day, July 4, in order to have a good chance of making it through the forbidding Rocky Mountains before heavy snowfall sealed passes and threatened their survival. The area around the rock was also a fortuitous resting spot, blessed with fresh water and plenty of grass for livestock Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. America Independence Rock Oregon Trail Sweetwater River Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc United States Wyoming Natrona County. local Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive. (DLC) 00650024 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print original digital file highsm 38250 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.38250 pp/highsm pp/minload pp/diof c-P&P (ONLINE)