Name: Pine Bluffs

 

County: Laramie

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1040524W

Latitude: 410506N

 

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Elevation: 5249/1600

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Cliff 

 

Origin of Name:

Named for the stunted pines along the bluffs. 

Source: WPA

 

"taking its name from a few scattered pines over the bluffy country on either side of the valley." 

Source: Brown's Gazetteer

 

The town of Pine Bluffs takes its name from the prominent bluffs of "mortar beds" near by, on which grow a few stunted pine trees. A tree is so rare on these sun-parched plains that these pines seem to have been thought worthy of commemoration in naming the ridge. The bluffs may be seen for a long distance north and south of the road and mark the western edge of the Ogalalla formation.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States  

 

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Alternative Spellings: Pine Bluff, Pinebluff

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Pine Bluffs SE

 

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