Indians camped in the area. But the most important historical value of the City of Rocks is the role it played in the great westward migration during the 1800s. The movement of thousands of emigrants across plains and mountains to the Far West was a dramatic event unduplicated in our history. The tenacity. bravery. and energy of those pioneers is legendary in the annals of American achievement. During the 19th century. the picturesque City of Rocks was the junction of a number of transportation routes where thousands of these emigrating Americans paused while pursuing their hopes and expectations for a new life in the West. The westward migration and each ensuing frontier settlement born out of this farflung frontier movement have provided this Nation with a unique heritage of dynamic struggle in colonizing a continentand the City of Rocks was instrumental in that movement. The overland migrations were composed of three significant population movements: the optimistic pioneer farmers moving into the fertile valleys of California and Oregon. the persevering Mormons. searching for an area where they might live in peace. and the hordes of FortyNiners heading West with visions of quick and easy wealth.
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