page_title: Sweetwater River (Wyoming)
hierarchical_section_title: Sweetwater River (Wyoming)
caption_attribution_description: English: Original description: Looking west from over Devil's Gate showing the plains of the Sweetwater, the Oregon Trail, and the Seminole Mountains in the distance. Gifford and Elliot in the foreground. Ambulance below carrying photo working outfit. Devil's Gate is a narrow cleft in a granite ridge, 400 feet high, the Sweetwater flowing through it. Fremont County, Wyoming., 1870
context_page_description: The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile long tributary of the North Platte River, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico.
context_section_description: The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile (383 km) long tributary of the North Platte River, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico.
caption: 1870 photograph of the Sweetwater River.