1852 Ham’s Fork Cutoff (Meeker)
Contributed by Steve F. Russell
The history and date of the Ham’s Fork Cutoff has not been established but it is shown on the 1852 Ezra Meeker map. Some segments are also shown on the GLO survey plat maps of the area. the cutoff avoided the Fort Bridger loop.
Its highest elevation, just west of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was 7277 feet, and the length of the trail from Granger, Wyoming to the Bear River west of Sage, Wyoming, was 77.7 topographic miles. With the lowest elevations of all the cutoff routes in the area, it seems to have been the best route.
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