Kooh'oúúte'

Kooh'oúúte', “split land area” in Arapaho, is a distinctive granite landmark overlooking the Sweetwater Valley. Its cleft rises above the open country along a route towards the Continental Divide. Other conspicuous rocks in the valley include Independence Rock and Devil's Gate. Indigenous travellers knew the routes through this country long before American fur hunters began following the Sweetwater westward in the 1820s, making the valley an important approach to South Pass.