Name: Marshall

 

County: Albany

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1055102W

Latitude: 421807N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7365/2245

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Named for W. E. Marshall, first postmaster and an Albany County pioneer. 

Source: WPA

 

Named for W. E. Marshall, first postmaster and an Albany County pioneer.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Marshall Post Office was established on December 29, 1902 with Thomas R. Bennett as its first postmaster. It was discontinued on November 30, 1944. Mail was then handled by Medicine Bow Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Albany county, 38 miles north of Medicine Bow. Stockraising the principal industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

A postoffice on Sheep Creek, 80 miles northwest of Laramie, the county seat, and 38 miles northeast of Medicine Bow on the Union Pacific Railway, the shipping point. 

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Marshall

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

 Laramie Republican

 February 14, 1903

 

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