Management Program 



crosses Fish Creek .5 mile north of its junction 

 with South Piney Creek, and enters the South 

 Piney Creek valley. The road then follows South 

 Piney Creek upstream, where it enters the Bridger 

 National Forest between Riley Ridge and North 

 Mountain. 



Management of Sites 



Site LR-1 Highway 28 Crossing. This highway 

 interpretive sign, developed cooperatively by the 

 BLM and the Sublette County Historical Society, 

 should be maintained and managed as at present. 

 The interpretive sign should be repaired and 

 painted routinely to prevent deterioration. 



Site LR-2 Bucl(sl<in Crossing. The BLM and the 



Sublette Historical Society will cooperatively 

 maintain the existing interpretive sign at Buckskin 

 Crossing. No additional development is 

 warranted. The sign should receive regular 

 maintenance. 



The BLM will pursue an agreement with the 

 landowner in the Buckskin Crossing area to 

 continue to allow limited public access to the trail. 



Site LR-3 Historical Monuments. These monu- 

 ments, located on public lands in Sees. 2 and 12, 

 T. 30 N., R. 106 W., should be maintained in their 

 present condition. No additional development at 

 these monument locations is warranted at this 

 time. 



Site LR-4 New Fork Crossing. The BLM will install 

 an interpretive sign at the point where the Lander 

 Cutoff crosses the New Fork River. 



Site LR-5 Green River Crossing. An interpretive 

 sign will be installed at the point where the Lander 

 Cutoff crosses the Green River. 



Site LR-6 Deer Hills. An interpretive sign will be 

 installed adjacent to the Lander Cutoff in the Deer 

 Hills. 



Management of Trail Segments 



The guide to the Lander Road/Oregon Trail 

 needs to be reprinted with minor modifications. 

 The modification would include showing seg- 

 ments of the trail which can be driven on by motor 

 vehicles. The guide will be used to inform the 

 public of opportunities and limitations associated 

 with visiting sites and traveling portions of the 

 Lander Road. The Lander Road will remain open 

 for travel by motor vehicles. 



The BLM will develop a cooperative working 

 agreement with the Sublette County Historical 

 Society to coordinate marking and management 

 of the Sublette Cutoff on public and private lands. 



Conduct a trail inventory of the Lander Road 

 to determine the location existence and signifi- 

 cance of sites and trail segments along the Lander 

 Road. These inventory data will be used to refine 

 management actions in the future. 



Management Policy 



No specific management policy will be devel- 

 oped exclusively for the Lander Road. This road 

 will be managed according to the guidelines in 

 the Oregon/Mormon Trail General Management 

 Policy. 



Sublette Cutoff - SU (Rock Springs 

 District) 



The most popular and heavily used emigrant 

 cutoff was the Sublette (sometimes called the 

 Greenwood). This cutoff was originally blazed and 

 used by William Sublette in 1832 as a direct route 

 to move his supply wagons to the Snake River 

 country for the fur trappers rendezvous. Emigrant 

 use of the cutoff began in 1844 as an alternative 

 to traveling the traditional Oregon Trail that dipped 

 far south of the Sublette to utilize Fort Bridger. 

 The popularity of the cutoff grew as the California 

 Gold Rush drew thousands of pioneers west to 

 seek their fortunes. By using the cutoff, the 49ers 

 were able to shave five to seven days from the 

 arduous way west. 



The Cutoff's popularity continued through the 

 1850s; however, as the gold petered out in 

 California, so did the heavy emigrant travel across 

 the Sublette Cutoff. By 1869, the transcontinental 

 railroad was completed and a gradual shift from 

 covered wagons to railroad travel occurred. 

 Nonetheless, wagons continued to roll across the 

 Sublette Cutoff to California and Oregon until after 

 1900. The last known covered wagon to traverse 

 the Sublette was in 1912. 



The Sublette Cutoff extends from Parting-of- 

 the-Ways in north-central Sweetwater County to 

 the town of Cokeville in western Lincoln County. 

 It crosses the Big Sandy north of the town of 

 Farson and heads west near the north boundary 



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