Parting of the Ways

Parting of the Ways in Rock Springs, Wyoming, is a significant historic site where the Oregon and California Trails diverge from the original route to Fort Bridger onto the Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff. Wagon trains historically split at this junction, with some opting for the shorter but waterless cutoff route over the longer, better-watered main route.

The site is marked by a small sandstone boulder inscribed with arrows pointing towards Fort Bridger and the Sublette Cut Off, a path mistakenly attributed to Sublette but actually established by mountain man Greenwood. Parting of the Ways was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976, preserving its role in the history of westward migration in the United States.

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