Name: La Barge

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1101141W

Latitude: 421543N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  6598/2011

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named for the father of Captain Joseph LaBarge, well known Missouri river pilot and boat owner.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Alternative Spellings: Labarge

 

Other Names: 

 

History:

La Barge Post Office was established in April, 1880. It has been discontinued and renamed to Labarge a number of times since then. It was last re-established in July, 1935.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Uinta County, 40 miles northeast of Kemmerer, the nearest railroad point. Stockraising the leading industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

Postoffice in Lincoln County, 45 miles northeast of Kemmerer, the county seat. Opal is the nearest railroad point and Big Piney the nearest banking point. Farming and stock raising are the principal industries. Population 100. Altitude 6,584 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: La Barge

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information:

A Tale of Two Towns - Tulsa and La Barge. Edited by Dorise Marx Housley, Betty Carpenter Pfaff, Wanda Sims Vasey. 1977 

 

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