Emigrant Springs, in Lincoln County, Wyoming near Kemmerer, was an important camping ground area of wagon trains on the Emigrant Trail headed for California or Oregon, and is now a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Emigrant Springs
Nearest cityKemmerer, Wyoming
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1843
NRHP reference No.76001956[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1976

It is located on a "main branch" of the Sublette Cutoff of the Emigrant Trail, where the slightly longer but better watered Slate Creek Cutoff rejoins the Sublette Cutoff. It is named for a spring feeding Emigrant Creek, which empties into Slate Creek. It is located in a hollow and has also been known as Indian Springs.[2]

The Emigrant Trail splits further west into trails to California vs. to Oregon. A different Emigrant Springs in Oregon is located on the Oregon Trail.

Significance of this Wyoming site dates to 1843.[1]

The NRHP listing recognizes carvings on rock and gravesites in a 9-acre (3.6 ha) area containing two separate contributing sites. Emigrant Springs was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Emigrant Springs". Wyoming.