LoginOverland Trail Stagecoach Station and Bison Excavation.
Willow Springs is a site located in southern Wyoming almost on the Colorado border that is home to archaeological components spanning almost 10 thousand years.
Walking around the site, you can see the Overland Trail goes right through it, and due to the freshwater resources became a small stagecoach station where people on the trail would swap and water their horses.
Also located in the area is a Paleo component with the bones of an extinct Ice Age bison. This excavation is led by the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist (Dr. Spencer Pelton) and a crew of volunteers.
Here’s a sample of what excavations look like on the High Plains.
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