Name: Lusk

 

County: Niobrara

 

Authority Name: Lusk (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1042708W

Latitude: 424545N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5046/1538

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Frank S. Lusk, cattleman and owner of the site on which the town was located.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

Lusk, Converse County, Wyoming was named for Frank S. Lusk, the owner of the land on which the town site was located by him. He was a well known ranchman of Wyoming and subsequently a prominent railroad contractor.

Source: Stennett   

 

Other Names: Silver Cliff 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Lusk Post Office was established in February, 1884.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

An incorporated city in Converse County, on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 108 miles east from Casper and 55 miles east from Douglas. An important cattle shipping point, surrounded by a stockraising and excellent farming country. Lusk has the modern city improvements, a fine water plant.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Lusk has a population of 2,000 people and is growing rapidly. It is the county seat of Niobrara County. It is a division point of the Chicago Northwestern Railway, midway between Chadron, Neb. and Casper, Wyo. Lusk is about centrally located as regards Niobrara County. The surrounding country, of which it is a marketing point and a supply headquarters, is largely occupied by men engaged in farming and livestock growing. Lusk has a fine water works and sewerage system.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Lusk

 

Newspapers

 

More Information: 

Niobrara County Library Historical Archives

http://www.niobraracountylibrary.org/history/#l

 

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