About Our Site - Names Hill Historic Site
 

Names Hill State Historic Site is located along U.S. 189 near La Barge, Wyoming. Fort Bridger State Historic Site oversees, maintains, and interprets Names Hill. The site is a notable location along the Oregon-California Trail where emigrants carved their names into the soft limestone after crossing the Green River.

NamesHillold-monumentMonument marking the site where emigrants traveling on the Oregon-California Trail carved their names in to the soft limestone.

 

Names Hill is located on the west side of U.S. 189 approximately six miles south of La Barge Wyoming. The site includes a monument and 2 interpretive signs.