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Glenrock, known as Deer Creek Station, had its beginning as a mail and stage station along the Oregon Trail.The station served as a stopping point along the trail and was a vital supply point for thousands of emigrants as they traveled westward.
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.
English: Total solar eclipse images as viewed near Glenrock, Wyoming, August 21, 2017 Solar prominences visible in this image. Date: 20 August 2017, 22:46:03: Source:
Location of Converse County in Wyoming. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Converse County, Wyoming.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Converse County, Wyoming, United States.
Converse County School District Number 2. Converse County School District #2 is a public school district based in Glenrock, Wyoming, United States. The district's team colors are made up of purple and white, and a bighorn sheep represents their mascot.
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 ...
The Glenrock train wreck is the worst train wreck in Wyoming history, killing 30. [ 2] It happened on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Glenrock and Casper on September 27, 1923. (The nearest current community is Meadow Acres, lying west of the site, across the North Platte River ).
The Glenrock Buffalo Jump is a 40-foot (12 m) high bluff in Converse County, Wyoming that was used by Native Americans as a buffalo jump. Bison were driven over the edge of the escarpment and were killed or injured by the fall, allowing the hunters to collect large quantities of meat at little hazard to themselves. Large amounts of buffalo bone ...