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Wyoming Highway 89
Wyoming Highway 89 (WYO 89) is a north-south state road that jumps in and out of Wyoming three times, and runs through the western edges of and Uinta County, Wyoming and Lincoln County, Wyoming. Highway 89 leaves the state of Wyoming for approximately , and becomes close to leaving the state two additional times. The portion in the state of Utah is known as Utah State Route 16 and Utah State Route 30. The only other routes that jump in and out of the state are U.S. Route 212 along the Beartooth Highway near Yellowstone National Park and Highway 230, which runs through the "Three Way Junction" of Colorado State Highways 125 and 127 south of the Snowy Range Mountains. Route description Wyoming Highway 89 follows State Control Route 10 for its entire length. Southern segment Wyoming Highway 89 has two different segments to its route. The first starts at I-80 / US 189 (Exit 5) and Highway 150 in Evanston. (The roadway continues south of I-80/US 189 as WYO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evanston, Wyoming
Evanston is a city in and the county seat of Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 12,359 at the 2010 census. It is located near the border with Utah. History Evanston was named after James A. Evans, a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. Another source maintains it is named for John Evans, second Governor of the Territory of Colorado. The town was founded during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The railroad arrived in the area in November 1868, and Harvey Booth opened a saloon/restaurant in a tent near what is now Front Street. By December the rails had reached Evanston and the first train arrived December 16. However, orders were later handed down by the railroad managers to move the end of the line 12 miles west, to Wasatch. Within three days, most all of Evanston had moved to Wasatch, it appeared that Evanston would become another "end of the tracks" town. Luckily, in June 1869 headquarters returned to Evanston and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Range Mountains
Snowy may refer to: People People with the given name or nickname Snowy include: * Snowy Baker (1884–1953), Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor * Snowy Evans (c. 1891–1925), Australian machine gunner credited with firing the shot that killed Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron") * Snowy Farr (1919–2007), English charity fundraiser for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association * Snowy Khoza, South African business executive * Snowy Rowles (died 1932), Australian perpetrator of the Murchison Murders * Snowy Shaw (born 1968), Swedish heavy metal musician * Snowy Svenson or Kenneth Svenson (1898–1955), New Zealand rugby union player Other uses * Snowy (character), a fictional dog in the comics series ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé * Snowy (military dog) (2004–2011), a tracking dog for the Sri Lanka Army * ''Snowy'' (TV series), a 1993 Australian television drama series * "Snowy", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' by Toby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming Highway 231
Wyoming Highway 231 (WYO 231) is a state highway in southeastern Lincoln County, Wyoming that serves as the main street of the town of Cokeville. Route description Wyoming Highway 231 is a 1/2 mile long spur of US 30 locally known as E. Main Street. Highway 231's western terminus is at Collette Avenue ( CR 207) which provides access to Cokeville Municipal Airport (via CR 207 south). The east end of Highway 231 is at U.S. Route 30/Wyoming Highway 89 and the western terminus of WYO 232. Major intersections References *Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming External links {{Attached KML, display=inline,titleWyoming Routes 200-299 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of , Idaho is the 14th largest state by land area, but with a population of approximately 1.8 million, it ranks as the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho has been inhabited by native peoples. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area of dispute between the U.S. and the British Empire. It officially became U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cokeville, Wyoming
Cokeville is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 535 at the 2010 census. The town is best known for the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis. History The Shoshone Indians were the first inhabitants of the area. The first Euro-American settler, Tilford Kutch, arrived in 1869. In 1873, he opened a trading post and ran a ferry across Smiths Fork. After the arrival of the railroad in 1882, the town grew, and was incorporated in 1910. The town was named for the coal found in the area. Following the railroad, sheep ranching became more popular, reaching its peak in 1918, when Cokeville was informally called the "Sheep Capital of the World". On May 16, 1986, former town marshal David Young and his wife Doris Young took 167 children and adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. During the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis. The children and adults escaped after the bomb exploded. Both hostage takers died, while 79 hostages were wound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sage, Wyoming
Sage is a ghost town in the far southwestern part of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. US Route 30 is the major road, which leads north to Cokeville and east to Kemmerer. Wyoming Highway 89 runs west to the Utah border, then another to Sage Creek Junction, Utah. The Union Pacific Railroad passes Sage in the direction of Rock Springs to the east and Pocatello, Idaho, to the west. Sage lies at elevation, just west over the Sublette Mountains ridge from Fossil Butte National Monument in the Sage Creek valley. The Overland Stage Route ran north through Sage from Fort Bridger 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, Ca .... References Geography of Lincoln County, Wyoming Ghost towns in Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sage Creek Junction, Utah
A number of junction (traffic), highway junctions in the U.S. state of Utah have names that appear on maps and in state laws designating the highways. Sometimes the junction name also refers to the surrounding community or area as well as just the highway junction itself. In a few instances, the highway junction shares the name with a nearby railroad junction. Such sharing of names does not include the many, many named railroad junctions within the state, some of whose name also refers to the surrounding community or area, but has no relation to any highway junction (for example, Cache, Utah, Cache Junction). La Sal Junction is a very small town with no running businesses. There is also a town named Junction, Utah, Junction (which is the county seat of Piute County, Utah, Piute County) where and meet. Notes References {{reflist External linksHighway Referencing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodruff, Utah
Woodruff is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement at Woodruff was made in 1870. A post office called Woodruff has been in operation since 1872. The town was named in honor of Wilford Woodruff, fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km2), all land. Climate This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Woodruff has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Woodruff's climate has high diurnal temperature variation, resulting in cold nights even during summer. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 194 people, 60 households, and 49 families residing in the town. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah State Route 39
State Route 39 (SR-39) is a state highway in northern Utah connecting Ogden, Utah, Ogden to Woodruff, Utah, Woodruff via Ogden Canyon and Huntsville, Utah, Huntsville. The highway is on 12th Street in Ogden and the Ogden River Scenic Byway through Ogden Canyon. The route is over sixty-seven miles long. Prior to 1964, SR-39 was routed along 24th Street and Harrison Boulevard in Ogden. A change in the route moved the route north to 12th Street. Route description The route begins heading east from the intersection at 4700 West (Utah State Route 134, SR-134) as a two-lane highway in a relatively rural part of Weber County, Utah, Weber County. By the junction of 1900 West (Utah State Route 126, SR-126) in a more urban portion of the county, the route is widened to five lanes. The highway variates in direction after Monroe Boulevard, veering to the southeast. This portion of the route (specifically west of SR-203 (UT), SR-203) is included in the National Highway System (United States), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear River, Wyoming
Bear River is a town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States, incorporated in 2001. The population was 518 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 518 people, 182 households, and 147 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 190 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 95.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.2% of the population. There were 182 households, of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almy, Wyoming
Almy was a coal mining camp in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States, near the town of Evanston. In 1881, an explosion killed 38 miners in the Central Pacific Mine, marking the first mine explosion west of the Mississippi River. Another explosion killed 13 in 1886, and a third explosion in Red Canyon in 1895 killed 62 miners, the third worst mining disaster in Wyoming history. Following the second explosion, the Wyoming territorial legislature established the office of the state mining inspector, which eventually shut down the Almy mines in the 1940s after it was deemed too dangerous to mine there. 1881 explosion On March 4, 1881, gases in the Central Pacific Mine number 3 exploded, killing 38 miners. On March 10, the Cheyenne Weekly Leader reported the disaster:Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States Volume 1 Coal Mines - 1810-1958, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 1998 A terrific explosion occurred last night between 9 and 10 o'clock in the Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 80 Business (Evanston, Wyoming)
Business routes of Interstate 80 (I-80) exist in four states: California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. California Interstate business routes in California are assigned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) but are not maintained by Caltrans unless they overlay other routes of the state highway system. Local authorities may request route assignment from the Caltrans Transportation System Information Program, and all requests require approval of the executive committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Sacramento Interstate 80 Business (I-80 Bus.), called the ''Capital City Freeway'' in its entirety, is a business loop of Interstate 80 in California, I-80 through Sacramento. Unlike most business routes in California, it is state-maintained and assigned route numbers in the state highway system—part of U.S. Route 50 in California, US Route 50 (US 50) on its western half () and unsigned California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
