Name: Farson

County: Sweetwater

Authority Name: Farson (Wyo.)  

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1092627W

Latitude: 420638N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 6594/2010

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named after John Farson, Chicago broker, one of the first to start the reclamation project in this district. Site of the Big Sandy Stage Station of the Oregon Trail and Pony Express.

Source: WPA 

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History:

Lusk Post Office was established in June, 1909.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Postoffice in Sweetwater County, 50 miles north of Rock Springs.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Farson

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