Name: Wilson

County: Teton

Authority Name: Wilson (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1105231W

Latitude: 433003N 

Legal Description:

Elevation: 6378/1944

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for Elijah Nicholas Wilson. Before he reached his majority, he had the experience of sheep herding in southern Utah, adoption into an Indian tribe, pony express rider, and stage driver through the Idaho mountain passes.  

Source: WPA

Wilson was named for 'Uncle Nick' Wilson, the first settler here, who came to Jackson Hole in 1889. Nick spent several childhood years among the Shoshone and was the hero of H. R. Driggs' The White Indian Boy, or Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones (1919)

Source: Wyoming Guide

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History:

Wilson Post Office was established in January, 1898 in Uinta County, prior to the creation of Teton County. Matilda R. Wilson was the first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

A small postoffice in Uinta County. Stockraising the leading industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Rendezvous Peak

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