Name: Gunn

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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Feature Type: Locale, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Named after George E. Gunn, who was the first president of the Gunn Quealy Coal Company. It is an early coal mining town built in 1908, owned entirely by the Gunn Quealy Coal Company.

Source: WPA 

 

Named for George E. Gunn, first president of the Gunn Quealy Coal Company.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

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History:

Gunn Post Office was established on February 1, 1908 with George E. Ford as postmaster. It was discontinued on October 31, 1924 after which its mail was handled by the Rock Springs Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Sweetwater County, 8 miles east of Rock Springs. Coal mining the industry. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Unknown

 

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More Information: 

From "Rock Springs has payrolls in center of great fields"

in Wyoming State Tribune

September 20, 1922

 

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