Names Hill
Names Hill is a bluff located on the bank of the Green River in the U.S. state of Wyoming, where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names into the rock. It is one of three notable "recording areas" along the emigrant trails in Wyoming along with Register Cliff and Independence Rock. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1969.
Names Hill | |
The Jim Bridger inscription on Names Hill | |
| Location | On the Green River, 5 mi (8.0 km) south of LaBarge and west of U.S. Route 189 |
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| Coordinates | 42°10′36″N 110°11′14.5″W |
| Area | 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) |
| Built | 1822 |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000193 |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1969 |
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