Early Days in Evanston

…in honor of the officer in command of the post at that time. Temporary officers were appointed by Governor John E. Campbell, and were as follows : Commissioners, James Van…

Bridger Valley, Uinta County, Wyoming History

…Uinta County State Bank, a branch of the Stockgrowers Bank of Evanston, is housed in a neat brick building, with William Newton as cashier. Mr. Newton’s family consisting of his…

Wyoming Genealogy

…and Guide Landmarks on the Laramie Plains Land Descriptions. Origin of Terms Section, Township and Range Roads and Freighting on the Laramie Plains Ranches on the Big Laramie above Laramie…

History of Fort Mackenzie

Fort Mackenzie 1903

…erected. A system of waterworks was constructed for the post at a considerable cost and Fort Mackenzie became the second post of the state in importance, being exceeded only by…

Early Discoveries in Uinta County, Wyoming

command of a man named Wilson P. Hunt, a native of New Jersey, who, though inexperienced in Indian warfare, was a good business man and organizer. His first recruits were…

Wyoming Newspapers

…Network Newcastle News Letter JournalSun Valley Independent Stateline News Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne Yellowstone Net Newspaper Archives Albany County Newspapers Big Horn County Newspapers Campbell County Newspapers Carbon County Newspapers…

John Robertson

…among the early trappers. He had come to the mountains with the Hudson Bay Company, and had later cast his lot with the Ashley men. Having followed the roving life…

History of Fort Bridger

1850 Fort Bridger on the Green River

…The next year the Mormons built a boulder wall fourteen feet high enclosing a space 100 feet square and a large corral for live stock. They changed the name of…

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