Riverton Railroad Depot
Riverton Railroad Depot | |
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43°1′28″N 108°23′24″W / 43.02444°N 108.39000°W / 43.02444; -108.39000 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1906–1907 |
Built by | Chicago & Northwestern Railroad |
NRHP reference No. | 78002827[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
The Riverton Railroad Depot is a historic railway station located at 1st and Main Streets in Riverton, Wyoming. The depot was built by the Chicago and North Western Railway from 1906 to 1907 along a new line through central Wyoming built by the railway in 1906. The city of Riverton formed only two weeks before the railroad reached it when land in the area opened to new residents under the Homestead Act. The railroad spurred economic development in the region by exporting agricultural products and oil and creating demand for the local coal and lumber industries. When the railroad industry declined after World War II, the Chicago and North Western gradually decreased its service west of Casper, and by 1974 it was prepared to demolish the Riverton station as well. A group of Riverton residents instead bought and restored the depot, which now houses businesses. Some claim that the depot is the last surviving Chicago and North Western station west of Casper,[2] but, although modified, the Lander station (the end of track for the C&NW's westward expansion), still stands and is currently home to the Lander Chamber of Commerce.
The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Junge, Mark (May 10, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Riverton Railroad Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
External links
Media related to Riverton Railroad Depot at Wikimedia Commons
- Photos from the NRHP nomination
Preceding station | Chicago and North Western Railway | Following station | ||
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Arapahoe toward Lander | Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad Main Line | Shoshoni toward Omaha |
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- South Pass
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- Carpenter Hotel Historic District
- CM Ranch and Simpson Lake Cabins
- Diamond A Ranch
- Fort Washakie Historic District
- Hamilton City
- Lander Downtown Historic District
- Quien Sabe Ranch
- South Pass Historic District
- St. Michael's Mission
- T Cross Ranch Rural Historic District
- Torrey Lake Historic District
- Torrey Lake Petroglyph District
- Twin Pines Lodge and Cabin Camp
- Atlantic City Mercantile
- BMU Bridge over Wind River
- Brooks Lake Lodge
- Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site
- Dean Decker Site
- Delfelder Schoolhouse
- ELS Bridge over Big Wind River
- ELY Wind River Diversion Dam Bridge
- Green Mountain Arrow Site
- High Rise Village
- Jackson Park Town Site Addition Brick Row
- C. H. King Company and First National Bank of Shoshoni
- Helen Lookingbill Site
- Riverton Railroad Depot
- Shoshone-Episcopal Mission
- Split Rock Prehistoric Site
- Union Pass
- US Post Office and Courthouse-Lander
- Welty's General Store
- Wind River Agency Blockhouse
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