Name: Knight

 

County: Uinta

 

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Feature Type: Locale

 

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Named by the Union Pacific Railroad in honor of Judge Jesse Knight, Judge of the Third Judicial District of Wyoming, who showed the railroad engineers how to change the line to avoid the very steep grade on Aspen Hill and the feasibility of the present Aspen Tunnel.

Source: WPA

 

Named for the ranch along the river which was once owned by Jesse Knight of Evanston, Wyoming.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Named by the Union Pacific Railroad in honor of Judge Jesse Knight, Judge of the Third Judicial District of Wyoming, who showed the railroad engineers how to change the line to avoid the very steep grade on Aspen Hill and the feasibility of the present Aspen Tunnel.

Source: Annals 15(1)                                                                               

 

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Knight Post Office was established in January, 1902 and discontinued in November, 1921.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Country postoffice in Uinta County. Stockraising the chief industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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