| 单词 | south pass |
| 释义 | South PassSouth PassSouth PassSouth Pass,broad, level valley (alt. c.7,550 ft/2,301 m), SW Wyo., cutting across the Rocky Mts. It was used by trappers and explorers before Jedediah SmithSmith, Jedediah Strong,1799–1831, American explorer, one of the greatest of the mountain men, b. near Binghamton, N.Y. Early in 1824, Smith took a party through South Pass, beginning the regular use of that route. ..... Click the link for more information. inaugurated its use as a route for settlers. An important unit of the Oregon TrailOregon Trail, overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country (all of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon train did not, however, follow any single narrow route. ..... Click the link for more information. , it served for many years as a gateway for immigration to the west of the Rockies and was later a part of the pony expresspony express, in U.S. history, relay mail service. At its inception in Apr., 1860, the pony express operated between St. Joseph, Mo., the western end of a telegraph line, and Sacramento, Calif. ..... Click the link for more information. route. |
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