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Southern Wyoming has served as a major travel corridor since the mid 1800s - and for good reason. Emigrants traveling west needed safe routes where food and water were available. Guides familiar with the region determined the best route was across…
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The Lincoln Highway was established in 1913 as the nation's first coast-to-coast automobile route. It consisted of existing roads that were marked with the distinctive Lincoln Highway logo. Perhaps the most famous means of identificati…
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Evanston was established by the Union Pacific Railroad Company late in 1868. In the first county election, September 6, 1870, Evanston was chosen county seat. Union Pacific Railroad shops moved here in the fall of 1871. Timber and sawmill operatio…
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The National Registerof Historic Places -Wyoming Place No. 105
Uinta CountyCourthouse
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In 1886, the Territorial Legislature established the Wyoming State Hospital, originally named the Wyoming State Asylum for the Insane, to provide care for mentally ill citizens. The site chosen for the hospital was at the southern edge of Evanston…
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Nineteenth Century railroads were dependent upon coal for fuel. The vast coal reserves of southern Wyoming helped determine the route of the transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad and were the basis for Wyoming's first energy boom. Commun…
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The National Registerof Historic PlacesWyoming Place No. 183
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The National Register of Historic PlacesWyoming Place No. 183Downtown Evanston Historic District
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In February 1873 a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized in Evanston by President William Budge, of Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. On May 23, 1873 William G. Burton was ordained bishop. On June 24, 1890 this ward was in…