The Johnston Scout Rocks near

Kemmerer, Wyoming Kemmerer is the largest city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 2,656 at the 2010 census. History Explorer John C. Frémont discovered coal in the area during his second expedition in 1843. The ...

are a pair of sandstone rocks that have significance from 1850. They are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in the category of "Recreation and Culture" with historic subfunction "Work of art (sculpture, carving, rock art)". The rocks are close to

Emigrant Springs Emigrant Springs, in Lincoln County, Wyoming near Kemmerer, was an important camping ground area of wagon trains on the Emigrant Trail headed for California or Oregon, and is now a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

, a camping area of many wagon trains headed to Oregon or California. There are names of emigrants carved on the rocks.Panoramio
(includes photo) Included is a carving "T.C. Johnston, L.A. Cary 1860 Scout". In a 1986 Bureau of Land Management plan, intentions were stated to fence off the site and to treat the sandstone to stabilize the carvings. Johnston Scout Rocks was listed on the

in 1976.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming Geography of Lincoln County, Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-NRHP-stub