Name: Baxter

 

County: Sweetwater

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1090614W

Latitude: 413653N

 

Legal Description: Wyoming, Sixth Principal Meridian T19N,R104W,Sec23

 

Elevation: 6312/1924

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

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History:

A station on the Overland Route and Union Pacific Railroad. Baxter siding is near the center of the Rock Springs Dome.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Baxter

 

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