"traveled 17 miles [ ] camped at noon at what is caled Warm Springs [ ] passed in the evening a small company of Oregon emigrants and camped about one half mile ahead of them on the banks of a beautiful stream where we intended to spend the Sabbath [ ] had a slight shower of rain during the night"
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Information and video of Warm Springs, Wyoming. The diary narrated is that of a pioneer in the 1850's. It's interesting how future emigrants followed the first trail so well. Did they drink this water? Maybe so even though it wasn't supposed to be great water for drinking even at that time. I'm sure though that 163 years ago it was cleaner than it is today.
Excerpt of Warm Springs from Heber C Kimball journal:
"....at 25 minutes to 12 we halted opposite and near by the warm spring mentioned by Fremont having traveled 6½ miles [ ] This spring lays on the bank of the same channel above mentioned and is large the water clear and soft but considerably warmer than the river water [ ] Soon after we halted 2 mounted men came down to the spring from above [ ] they represented that they are in a company of 11 wagons which left Fort John this morning by the other road which they say is shorter being only 10 miles to the warm springs while the road we have come is 14¾ [ ] This company are going to Oregon they say [ ] Er Pratt took an observation at the springs and found the Latitude 42.15'.06". About half an hour after we had halted we had a very pleasant shower"
