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History Construction of railroad bridge over Green River, 1868. The townsite of Green River, Dakota Territory was platted by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1867. Although the Territory of Wyoming was created on July 25, 1868, the Town of Green River was incorporated on August 21,1868 under the laws of the previous Territory of Dakota since the laws of the Wyoming Territory had yet to be written.
The Upper Green River Rendezvous Site is a site on the Green River above and below Daniel, Wyoming, United States. On and near this location, roughly around the confluence of the river with Horse Creek, at least five of the 19th-century Rocky Mountain Rendezvous took place. A 1,200-acre (490 ha) area was declared a National Historic Landmark in ...
The Green River Downtown Historic District is a 5.7-acre (2.3 ha) historic district in Green River, Wyoming that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The district included 11 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure , including the Union Pacific Depot .
The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. The watershed of the river, known as the Green River Basin, covers parts of the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The Green River is 730 miles (1,170 km) long, beginning in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming and flowing through ...
Designated NHL. November 24, 1968 [2] Expedition Island is an island in the Green River at downtown Green River, Wyoming. The island, now mostly taken up by a public park, is the place where Major John Wesley Powell and Vitaly Develvis started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where ...
69000197. Added to NRHP. 1969-04-16. Fort Bridger was originally a 19th-century fur trading outpost established in 1842, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. It became a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Mormon Trail.
Green River station (Wyoming) / 41.526806°N 109.466111°W / 41.526806; -109.466111. Green River station is a former train station in Green River, Wyoming. It was served by the Union Pacific Railroad from its construction to 1971, and by Amtrak from 1971 to 1983 and 1991–1997. The Pioneer was the last train to serve Green River.
207,363 acres (839.17 km 2) Established. October 1, 1968. Governing body. United States Forest Service. Website. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area in Wyoming and Utah. [1] Its centerpiece is the 91 miles (146 km) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir .