Name: Hermosa

County: Albany

Authority Name: Hermosa (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry 

Longitude: 1052915W

Latitude: 410500N 

Legal Description:

Elevation:  7874/2400

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

From the Spanish meaning “beautiful”. Here the mountains rise in rugged grandeur; nearby are natural monuments craved from red sandstone.

Source: WPA

The name of the next station, Hermosa, which is Spanish for beautiful, seems appropriate, as may be realized by a glance to the left, toward the west. Across the broad Laramie Basin, which the road enters at this point, the mountains rise in rugged grandeur, and near by may be seen natural monuments carved from red sandstone in many forms.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States

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History:

A station on the Union Pacific Railway, 19 miles east of Laramie. The postoffice name is Tie Siding.

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Dale Creek

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