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ELEVATION: 7500 feet above sea level c. 1824: "Mountain men" Jedediah Smith and James Clyman discover the pass, establishing a route for wagons to cross the Rockies 1842: Congress authorizes Fremont to map a road to the South Pass 1841-1866: approximately 350,000 emigrants travel through the Pass, including pioneers on the Oregon Trail and prospectors heading for California |