Name: Dale Creek

 

County: Albany

 

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GNIS Entry  

 

Longitude:1052329W

Latitude: 410459N 

 

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Elevation: 7946/2422

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

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Other Names: Dale

 

History:

Dale Creek Post Office was established on August 28, 1903 with Thomas Smith as its first postmaster. It was discontinued on May 14, 1904 but re-established on August 15, 1906. It was discontinued again on October 15, 1917 and its mail then handled by the Sherman Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A postoffice in Albany County. Station on the Union Pacific Railway.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory , 1910-11

 

A station of the Union Pacific Railway, 21 miles east of Laramie, the county seat and banking point

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory

 

Dale Creek is a point on the new line that crosses Sherman Hill at a point 237 feet lower than the original crossing. This change not only saved the expense of climbing the heavy grades but did away with the famous Dale Creek Bridge, which was 650 feet long and 135 feet high. It also involved some notable feats in engineering. Along the new line there are many deep cuts in which the Sherman granite may be seen to advantage, and a tunnel is driven 1,800 feet through a spur of the same granite 3 miles west of Dale Creek. One hills near this creek, known as Gibralter Cone, 100 feet high above the grade line, was drilled and loaded with about 1,000 kegs of black powder and 1,000 pounds of dynamite, and on July 4, 1900, this charge was exploded, blowing out the whole hill.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Dale Creek

 

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