Name: Saint Marys Station

County: Fremont

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Longitude:  1082141W

Latitude: 422841N

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Elevation: 6755/2059

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Feature Type: Locale

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Other Names: Rocky Ridge Station, Saint Marys Stage Station

Alternative Spellings: St. Mary's Station

History:

The site of St. Mary's Stage Station, also called Rocky Ridge Station because of a cliff near by, is marked with a stone tablet. The station was built in 1859 by Russell, Majors and Waddell, and when the transcontinental telegraph line was established in 1861, St. Mary's was made a depot. In May, 1865, while the five-man garrison hid in an abandoned well, 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho burned the station and cut 400 yards of telegraph wire. When the ammunition in the buildings exploded, they fled. The station was rebuilt, but nothing remains except old square-cut nails, melted glass, broken pottery, and pieces of telegraph insulators.

Source: Wyoming Guide

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Barras Springs

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