Name: Birdseye Station

 

County: Fremont

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1080506W

Latitude: 432653N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6614/2016

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Bird's eye was surveyed by W. W. Peay for Bird's Eye Land Company, on April 26 to 28, 1907. With the Chicago and Northwestern railroad establishing train service at Shoshoni in 1906, Bird's eye became a way station for travelers between that place and Thermopolis. Its use diminished with the arrival of the Burlington railroad into Thermopolis in 1910...

Source: Wasden

 

Other Names: Bird's Eye, Birdseye

 

Alternative Spellings: Bird's Eye Station

 

History:

Birdseye Post Office was established on January 9, 1906 with Frederick E. Hagen as postmaster. It was discontinued on April 15, 1913 after which its mail was handled by the Shoshoni Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices 

 

A country postoffice in Fremont County, 17 1/2 miles from Shoshoni, the nearest railroad point, and 19 miles from Thermopolis. In gold and copper mining district.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Birdseye Pass

 

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