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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.
Congressional district. At-large. Website. conversecounty.org. Dave Johnston power plant, a large coal-fired generating station at Glenrock, owned by PacifiCorp. Converse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 13,751. [1] Its county seat is Douglas.
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.
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.
Wyoming is a state in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Wyoming is the least populous state with 576,851 inhabitants but the 9th largest by land area spanning 97,093.14 square miles (251,470.1 km 2) of land. [1] Wyoming has 23 counties and 99 municipalities consisting of cities and towns. [1]
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 ).
April 17, 2011 [1] The Huxtable Ranch Ranch Headquarters District, also known as White Creek Ranch, comprises a complex of ranch structures in Converse County, Wyoming. It was part of a dispersed community known as Boxelder, established by settlers in the 1880s. The ranch was established in 1893 by Charles Smith who built a one-room and later a ...