Name: Garrett

 

County: Albany

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1053636W

Latitude: 420648N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6785/2068

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Named after Thuel S. Garrett who was an early freighter in Wyoming.  

Source: WPA

 

Garrett Post Office was established in December, 1898 with Mary A. Garrett as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Thuel S. Garrett received a patent on this land on July 3, 1902.

General Land Office Records

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?PatentDocClassCode=SER&Accession=WYWYAA+009308&Index=1&QryID=44951.18&DetailTab=1

 

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History:

Garrett Post Office was established on December 9, 1898 with Mary A. Garrett as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A country postoffice 75 miles north of Laramie, the county seat and banking point and 37 miles northeast of Rock River on the Union Pacific Railway, the shipping point. Telephone service. Stage weekly to Rock River.

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory, 1924-25

 

Small town and postoffice in Albany County, 25 miles northeast from Rock Creek, the nearest railroad point.   

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Garrett

 

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