Willow Springs

Location: Approximately 8.5 miles southwest of Avenue of Rocks (Stop No. 10) on county Road 319.

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History: The sparkling cold water at Willow Springs made this spot one of the emigrants' customary camping sites and was the landmark most often noted by travelers between crossing the North Platte River and Independence Rock at the Sweetwater River. Here emigrants enjoyed the first "good water" since leaving the North Platte River, and they generally camped at the lower springs near the trail. There were also other springs about one mile up a draw that were used when traffic was heavy.

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Stop 1 Oregon Trail Burial - Quintina Snoderly · Stop 2 Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park · Stop 3 Richard's (Reshaw's) Bridge and Trading Post · Stop 4 Mormon Ferry, Probable Second Site · Stop 5 Mormon Ferry, Probable First Site · Stop 6 Fort Caspar · Stop 7 Battle of Red Buttes · Stop 8 Bessemer Bend/Red Buttes Crossing · Stop 9 Emigrant Gap · Stop 10 Avenue of Rocks/Devil's Backbone/Clayton's Slough · Stop 11 Willow Springs · Stop 12 Prospect Hill/Ryan Hill · Stop 13 Horse Creek (Greasewood) · Stop 14 Saleratus (Playa) Lake/Sweetwater Pony Express Station · Stop 15 Independence Rock · Stop 16 Devil's Gate · Stop 17 Martin's Cove · Stop 18 Split Rock

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