# Border Junction, Wyoming

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**Border Junction** or **Border** is a populated place and road intersection in the far western part of [Lincoln County](/source/Lincoln_County,_Wyoming), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming), United States.[1] [US Route 30](/source/U.S._Route_30_in_Wyoming) is the major road, which leads northwest to [Montpelier, Idaho](/source/Montpelier,_Idaho), in [Bear Lake County](/source/Bear_Lake_County,_Idaho), and southeast to [Cokeville](/source/Cokeville,_Wyoming). [Wyoming Highway 89](/source/Wyoming_Highway_89) runs north toward [US Route 89](/source/U.S._Route_89_in_Idaho), and southeast concurrently with US 30. Lincoln County Road 134 runs briefly south toward some homes and ranches. The [Union Pacific Railroad](/source/Union_Pacific_Railroad) passes Border Junction in the direction of [Rock Springs](/source/Rock_Springs,_Wyoming) to the east and [Pocatello, Idaho](/source/Pocatello,_Idaho), to the west.[2]

## Geography

Border Junction lies at an elevation of 6,115 feet (1,864 m),[1] approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of the Wyoming-[Idaho](/source/Bear_Lake_County,_Idaho) state line. It is in the Thomas Fork valley of the [Bear River](/source/Bear_River_(Great_Salt_Lake)), just west of the [Sublette Mountains](/source/Sublette_Mountains) (and [Sublette Mountain](/source/Sublette_Mountain), the highest summit of the [Southern Wyoming Overthrust Belt](/source/Southern_Wyoming_Overthrust_Belt)).[2]

In September and October, approximately 5000 [sandhill cranes](/source/Sandhill_crane) migrate through the Border Junction area.[3]

## History

The [Overland Stage Route](/source/Overland_Stage_Route) came north to Border Junction from [Fort Bridger](/source/Fort_Bridger), along a path now through Cokeville, [Sage](/source/Sage,_Wyoming), and [Lyman](/source/Lyman,_Wyoming).[2] Emigrants forded the Thomas Fork west of Border Junction by toll bridge, and wagon ruts are still visible on the ridges.[4]

## References

1. *Official State Highway Map of Wyoming*. Wyoming Department of Transportation. 2014.

1. Johnsgard, Paul A. (2009). ["A 2009 Supplement to Birds of the Rocky Mountains"](http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=bioscibirdsrockymtns). *Digital Commons @ University of Nebraska–Lincoln*. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

1. ["Along the Snake River Plain through Idaho"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120907080735/http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/upload/ID-ATR-IG-Final.pdf). *[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service): National Historic Trails, Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guide*. October 2008. p. 45. Archived from [the original](http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/upload/ID-ATR-IG-Final.pdf) on September 7, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

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