Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
They didn't pick the easiest way to go. The south pass in WY wasn't discovered yet. That's the route later used by the Oregon Trail. It made crossing the Rockies possible by wagon. Of course they were looking for a water route to the Pacific and none exists.


Wasn’t it Jedediah Smith or some of his brigade redited with finding the south pass?

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