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Antelope

Name: Antelope

 

County: Uinta

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103149W

Latitude: 412516N

 

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Elevation: 6578/2005

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

A station on the Union Pacific Railroad where antelope were common at the time the railroad was built.

Source: WPA

 

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History:

A station on the Overland Route and Union Pacific Railroad between Carter and Bridger. Between Carter and Bridger is Antelope station, at which the traveler will be nearly halfway from Omaha to San Francisco.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States  

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Bridger

 

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