Bosler

Name: Bosler

County: Albany

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude: 1054143W

Latitude: 413434N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 7080/2158

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named after Frank C. Bosler of Carlyle, Pennsylvania, owner of the Diamond Ranch near the town. In 1909, almost overnight the little town of Bosler sprang into existance. One hundred farm families had arrived due to the irrigation project of 1907.

Source: WPA

Other Names: Hutton Station, Bacon

Alternative Spellings:

History:

Bosler Post Office was established as Bacon Post Office on March 10, 1900. It was changed to Bosler on May 3, 1900 with Andrew F. Whitman as postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Station on branch of the Union Pacific Railroad in Albany County, 20 miles northwest from Laramie.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

A postoffice and station on the Union Pacific Railway, 20 miles northwest of Laramie, the county seat and banking .

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory, 1924-1925

Station on the Overland Route and Union Pacific Railroad between Wyoming and Cooper Lake.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Bosler

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