But it is not just the geologic and archeologic values that makes the City of Rocks meritorious as a national monument. During the great westward migration of America. the City of Rocks became famous as a stopping place on the Oregon and California Trail. The City of Rocks afforded the emigrants passage around hazardous marshes on the upper Raft River. water. good campsites. and pasture for animals. It became a spot for rest. and travelers of the 1800s wrote their names on the strange formations. many of these rosters can be seen today. Settlement of the area did not occur until the mid1870s. at which time settlers had begun ranching and grazing cattle in the area.
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