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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

'1921--'Sublette County was created 15 February 1921 from Fremont and Lincoln Counties.  County seat: Pinedale ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

•     Fremont
•     Lincoln
•     Sweetwater
•     Teton

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Sublette County, Wyoming for European and African American settlers included:

• South Pass
• Green River
• Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon^[2]
• Sublette-Greenwood_Cutoff 1844 from South Pass, Wyoming to Fort Hall, Idaho
• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[3]
• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[4]

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Big Piney Wyoming Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map IV" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap4.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011).
3. ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
4. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).