Name: Wendover

 

County: Platte

 

Authority Name: Wendover (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1045225W

Latitude: 421939NN

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4442/1354

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

 

Other Names: Cottonwood

 

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History:

Wendover Post Office was established on April 24, 1888 in Laramie County prior to the formation of Platte County. Frank A. M. Stuarts was the postmaster. It was discontinued on July 31, 1891 but re-established on July 2, 1915. It was discontinued again on June 15, 1954 after which its mail was handled by the Glendo Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Platte County, junction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Colorado and South Railways, 135 miles north of Cheyenne and 25 miles north of Wheatland. Population 50.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Wendover, at the mouth of Cottonwood, came into existence with the completion of the railroad to that point August 1, 1887 ... . 

Source: Trenholm, Footprints 

 

Bill Barlow's Budget reported on March 3, 1888 that "the name of the present terminal station of the Cheyenne and Northern has been changed from Cottonwood to Wendover."

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Guernsey Reservoir 

 

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