Name: Glencoe

County: Lincoln

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Feature Type: Locale

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Coal mining camp, named by Thomas Sneddon, mine superintendent for the Diamond Coke and Coal company, for the town of Glencoe, Scotland.

Source: WPA

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Glencoe Post Office was established in November, 1901 in Uinta County. It was discontinued in May, 1904 but re-established in August, 1906. It was discontinued again in January, 1919 and re-established in March, 1925. It was discontinued for a final time in June, 1927 and its mail then handled by Kemmerer Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

An unimportant postoffice in Uinta County. Coal mining the principal industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

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