High Bridge marks the end of the route for the Stehekin shuttle bus. Disembarking the bus and crossing the bridge over the clear, cold, frothing water of Stehekin River, takes you from Lake Chelan National Recreation Area into North Cascades National Park.

Those who have visited Arches National Park in Utah and headed out to hike to Delicate Arch very likely crossed this bridge, which heads out from the Wolfe Ranch.

In 1849 the U.S. Army purchased a fur trading post on the Laramie River in the Wyoming Territory to mount a presence along the emigrant trails that headed west across the Plains. Though it was known as Fort John at the time, the Army renamed it Fort Laramie and quickly enlarged it, creating what would become the largest military presence on the Northern Plains.

Stop by this room and you'll be able to load up on sugar, coffee, wool blankets, and other necessities of frontier life.