Tie Siding is a tiny

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in far southeastern Albany County, in southeastern

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, United States, approximately eighteen miles south of Laramie, and eight miles north of the

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border. It is located at

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41.080N and

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-105.506W, at an elevation of 7,694 ft. The population is very small, and Tie Siding was not counted as a

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in the 2010 Census.

History

Tie Siding was strategically located at the site by the early western railroad companies to service the expansion of rail systems in the West from the late 1860s until the early 1900s. The small community interacted with nearby

railroad towns, such as Virginia Dale, LaPorte and Pingree Park.Wyoming Tales & Trails
"The Founding of Laramie". Retrieved 2015-07-06 In 1886,

Edward Ivinson The Ivinson Mansion, now the Laramie Plains Museum, was built in 1892 in Laramie, Wyoming by Jane and Edward Ivinson. Designed by architect Walter E. Ware of Salt Lake City and built by local contractor Frank Cook, the house was regarded as the ...

, a wealthy Laramie investment banker and dry goods merchant, got off a train when it made a stop in Tie Siding to take on water, and decided he wanted to build a house and a hospital here. Instead, he later returned to Laramie, a few miles to the north, and built the Ivinson Mansion for himself in 1892 on what later would be named Ivinson Street."Saving the Mansion", Laramie Plains Museum Asso

Retrieved 2015-07-06 , the Tie Siding site consists of only a combination

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and

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Highways

* - north–south route through Tie Siding, running north to Laramie, and south to the Colorado border. * County Road 31 - Cherokee Park Rd., runs southwest from Tie Siding to the Colorado border. * County Road 222 - Hermosa Rd., runs northeast from Tie Siding to

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. * County Road 231 - Dale Creek Rd., runs east from Tie Siding to Buford. * County Road 316 - Sportsman Lake Rd., runs west from Tie Siding to Sand Creek Rd.

References

Unincorporated communities in Albany County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub