the best-known explorer in wyoming is none other than jim bridger. he wasn't that well traveled, but he did a great amount of documentation in his diary. he was the first white man, we believe, to have discovered the great salt lake. it's his diaries that the mormons will later follow to the great salt lake. when you compare jim bridger to another very famous explorer, john c. free mount, when you compare his travels with some of the other explorers, you can see how some were very well traveled and some just stuck to certain areas. but they're all important to the story of the trails west and why people came west, and these diaries that will be followed basically become the road maps for all of these trails down the way. at the oregon trail gallery, you will experience crossing the great flat river. >> no matter what happens, just sit still! >> we have just crossed the river in between fort laramie and red butte here at casper. we will be traveling on, trying to get to independence rock by the fourth of july, hence the name independence rock. and aga

they are following the journey and the maps created by jim bridger. the wayl stop along several places thinking they the ideal place. they established a camp and be aht that was going to where they would end up but they not find enough water. a great many of the mormons a wagon and the team. the church encouraged mormons to new promiseeir land, which was the salt lake. handhurch would loan a cart to a family and when the the salt lake, they would pay back the church cart, which would be used to further others coming down the trail. wagon cart had to be pulled at a particular speed to make 15 miles a day. if you went too slow, you would and perishgroceries grocerythere are no stores along the trail. to had to pick up the pace get into the yellow. at this steady walking pace you beld get where you needed to before the winter storm. if you went too fast, you would die of exhaustion. you areer rations that replenish thenot energy that you are expending and you will die on the trail. moved to the california trails. the california trail tells the tory of th

the best known explorer in wyoming is none other than jim bridger. he wasn't that well traveled, but he did a great amount of documentation in his diaries. he was the first white man, we believe, to have discovered the great salt lake. it's his diaries. when you compare him to another explorer, john c. fremont you will see how some were very well traveled and some stuck to certain areas. >> we hope you tune in this weekend as we focus on casper, wyomings as our local contents vehicle travels around the country. this weekend on c-span 3s american history t.v. and on cspan-2's book t.v. one of the photographs from this morning's washington post looking at the situation in ferguson, missouri, the first night of a curfew which has since ended. see the confrontation over the weekend a ult persistent crime rate plagues rahm emmanuel. this from the "l.a. times," jails with revolving doors. prison realignment brings a surge in early releases. phone lines are open. we hope you dial in. joining us is tony from fort lauder daily, florida caller: i am really con