Lander Field Office
Photo 4 of Seminoe Cutoff - Oregon Trail.

Photo 4: Segment “B” of the Seminoe Cutoff, looking west.  Segment B starts at the 
Bison Basin Road and ends just before the trail descends into the Alkali Creek valley. 
This 4½-mile long segment’s condition is considered ‘fair-good’: the integrity of its ruts and 
swales is fair, and the integrity of its historical setting ranges from good to fair. Several old, 
unreclaimed well pads, the AT&T telephone cable, a fence, evidence of blading along the trail, 
and a few bladed roads are some of the modern impacts to this segment. Although the 
segment is still considered significant, the impacts along it have resulted in a ‘fair-good’ rating.