How to Go Back in Time
Getting there: South Pass City, Wyo., can be reached via a well-marked dirt road off Route 28, about 30 miles southwest of Lander, Wyo. Atlantic City is a few miles from South Pass City.
Visitor center: The South Pass Visitor Center, a museum with exhibits about the town and local mining techniques, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information: Write to the South Pass City State Historic Society, Route 62, Box 170, South Pass City, Wyo. 82520, or contact the Wyoming Travel Commission, Frank Norris Jr. Travel Center, I-25 and College Drive, Cheyenne, Wyo. 82002, (800) 225-5996.
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