Name: Glendo

 

County: Platte

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1050134W

Latitude:423010N

 

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Elevation: 4724/1440

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

This settlement was once a mail and stage station formerly called "Old Horse Shoe." ... It was named by a visionary young engineer when the railroad reached that terminal in 1887. He was inspired by the nearby fertile valley of Horse Shoe Creek, which is rich in industrial lore.

Source: Christiansen    

 

Other Names: Old Horse Shoe, Horseshoe Station

 

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History:

Glendo, north of Wheatland, is the home of the famous Horseshoe Station where Portuguese Phillips stopped on his famous ride to Fort Laramie and had a message wired to the commanding officer, telling of the Fetterman Massacre. Phillips died in Cheyenne in 1883.

Source: WPA

 

Glendo Post Office was established as Bellewood Post Office in July 1889 in Laramie County prior to the formation of Platte County. It was changed to Glendo in December, 1890.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Station on the Colorado and Southern Railroad in Laramie County, 14 miles southeast of Orin Junction and 44 miles north of Wheatland. Stockraising the leading industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Platte County and station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, 44 miles north of Wheatland, the county seat. Situated in the heart of an agricultural, stock raising, mining and oil region, rich in productiveness and a promising future. Prosperous and substantial commercial interests. Population 200. Altitude 4,718 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Glendo

 

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Name: Glendo

 

County: Platte

 

Authority Name:

 

Latitude: 423010N

 

Longitude: 1050134W

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name: Glendo, north of Wheatland, is the home of the famous Horse Shoe Station where Portuguese Phillips stopped on his famous ride to Fort Laramie and had a message wired to the commanding officer, telling of the Fetterman Massacre. Phillips later died in Cheyenne in 1883.

Source: WPA

 

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