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Glenrock train wreck. September 27, 1923 – near Glenrock, Wyoming, soon after the washout of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's bridge over Cole Creek, a passenger train fell through the washout, killing 30 of the train's 66 passengers. This marked the worst railroad accident in Wyoming's history.
Wyoming Highway 90 is a fairly short state highway located south-southeast of Glenrock named Boxelder Road. [2] Highway 90 begins southeast of Glenrock and north of the community of Boxelder, for which the roadway is named and provides travel to. Highway 90 picks up where Converse County Route 17 leaves off as the roadway begins south-southeast ...
Wyoming Highway 95 begins its western (or southwestern) end at exit 165 of Interstate 25 and the northern end of Converse County Route 19. [2] WYO 95 travels from there northeasterly concurrent with I-25 BUS toward the town center of Glenrock as Deer Creek Road. WYO 95 passes the Glenrock Golf Course [3] as it turns north and assumes the name S ...
November 25, 1983. The Hotel Higgins, Tabor Hotel or Higgins Hotel was built in 1916-1917 during the oil boom in Glenrock, Wyoming. It was built for John E. Higgins, who was a local rancher, legislator and oil business investor, and his wife Josephine Amoretti Higgins. It was designed by architect Edward Reavill, and it opened on May 9, 1917.
January 21, 2005. Commerce Block is a commercial building in Glenrock, Wyoming, built in 1917 during the Wyoming oil boom of the early 20th century. The nearby Big Muddy oil field brought prosperity to Glenrock, stimulating the growth of the town's commercial district. The building was built for the Glenrock Investment Company, a consortium of ...
Ayres Natural Bridge Park is a county park in Converse County, Wyoming in the United States. It occupies 150 acres (0.6 km²) between the towns Glenrock and Douglas about 6 kilometers south of Interstate 25 exit 151. The park's name is derived from the rock formation of the same name. Ayres is the surname of the family who donated the land ...
Carbon County, Wyoming. / 41.69°N 106.93°W / 41.69; -106.93. Pick Bridge over the North Platte River, near Saratoga. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Carbon County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 14,537. [1] Its county seat is Rawlins. [2]
8 killed. The Battle of Platte Bridge, also called the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, on July 26, 1865, was the culmination of a summer offensive by the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians against the United States army. In May and June the Indians raided army outposts and stagecoach stations over a wide swath of Wyoming and Montana.