Name: Ridge

 

County: Carbon

 

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Elevation: 6692 ft.

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Feature Type: Locale

 

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A station on the Overland Route and Union Pacific Railroad between Wilcox and Medicine Bow. Ridge takes its name from the prominent hogback ridge north of the station, formed by a hard sandstone in the Benton shale. The railroad parallels this ridge for a mile or more and then cuts through it west of the station.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States 

 

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