http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/ The Wyoming Place Names Wiki is a clearinghouse for information on Wyoming place names. It is a project of the Wyoming State Library and University of Wyoming Libraries using sources from throughout the state. en http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/feedlogo.gif http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 3.7 support@pbwiki.com http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hilliard email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hilliard]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:06 +0000 mod http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hilliard email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hilliard Origin of Name:
Hilliard was named forReuben T. Hilliard, one of the earliest conductors on the Union Pacific. There was a time, many years ago, when Hilliard was a town of 5,000 people, and had its stores, saloons, dance halls, and the like by the score. A large smelter was built and operated on ores brought from Montana, Nevada, and Idaho. Saw mills ran day and night on material sent down from the mountains through an immense flume thirtyfour miles in length. About fifty big charcoal pits were in constant operation, and about half of these are standing yet though very few of them are ever used now. About three miles from Hilliard was the site of Bear Town, where in one night over sixty people were killed in a fight that occurred between two elements of the place. The history of this racket we have yet to learn, as there are old timers here yet who were present on that memorable occasion. Some say it was called a "bread riot" by the reason of some party getting a corner on flour, while others ha]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:14:21 +0000 mod http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hilliard email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hilliard Name: Hilliard
County: NatronaName:Hilliard
County:Uinta
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Latitude: 410816NGNIS Entry
Longitude: 1104843W
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Hilliard was named forReuben T. Hilliard, one of the earliest conductors on the Union Pacific. There was a time, many years ago, when Hilliard was a town of 5,000 people, and had its stores, saloons, dance halls, and the like by the score. A large smelter was built and operated on ores brought from Montana, Nevada, and Idaho. Saw mills ran day and night on material sent down from the mountains through an immense flume thirty four thirtyfour miles in length. About fifty big charcoal pits were in constant operation, and about half of these are standing yet, yet though very few of them]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:13:38 +0000 mod http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hiland email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hiland Origin of Name:
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Other Names: Names:Poison Creek Station, Wolton, Walton
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Hiland Post Office was established in May, 1925 and discontinued in November, 1974. Formerly called Wolton (Walton)Post Office.
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County: NatronaName:Hiland
County:Natrona
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Latitude: 430655NGNIS Entry
Longitude: 1072056W
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Hiland Post Office was established in May, 1925 and discontinued in November, 1974. Formerly called Wolton (Walton)Post Office.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
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Hiland is in a region notorious for violent winter storms, usually preceded by a fairly warm west wind that shifts into the east. The blizzard strikes without other warning and visibility swiftly becomes zero. Wind velocity sometimes reaches 70 to 80 miles an hour; the mercury drops 20 or 30 degrees in a few minutes. Roads are obliterated; windshields are caked with sleet]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:58:53 +0000 mod http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hiland email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous renamed Hiland, WY Hiland ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:46:33 +0000 mv http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hewitt+Place email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hewitt Place Name: HewittName:Hewitt Place
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Gannett,Henry.The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, 2nd edition.
Washington,D.C.: 1905. Government Printing Office,1905. (Gannett)
Johnson, Elizabeth Wilkinson. Trails, Rails and Travails. LaGrange, Wyoming: 1988, p.p. 1-3. (Johnson)
Lee, Willis T. Ralph W. Stone, Hoyt S. Gale and others. Guidebook of the Western United Staes Part B. The Overland Route with a side trip to Yellowstone Park.
United States Geological Survey Bulletin number 612. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916. (Guidebook of the Western United States)
Pence, Mary Lou and Lola M. Homsher. The Ghost Towns of Wyoming.
Hastings House, New York: 1956, p. 206. (Pence)
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County: AlbanyName:Hermosa
County:Albany
Authority Name: Hermosa Name:Hermosa (Wyo.)
Latitude: 410500N
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Longitude: 1052915W
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Elevation: 7874/2400
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Origin of Name: Albany; From
From the Spanish meaning “beautiful”. Here the mountains rise in rugged grandeur, grandeur; nearby are natural monuments craved from red sandstone.
Source: WPA
Other Names:The name of the next station, Hermosa, which is Spanishfor beautiful, seems appropriate, as may be realized by a glance to the left, toward the west. Across thebroad Laramie Basin, which the road enters at this point, the mountains rise in rugged grandeur, and near by may be seen natural monuments carved from red sandstone in many forms.
Source:Guidebook of]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:36:02 +0000 mod http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hermosa email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous renamed Hermosa, WY Hermosa ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:21:52 +0000 mv http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Hemingway email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Hemingway Name: Hemingway
County: NatronaName:Hemingway
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Named for Ambrose Hemingway Hemingway, owner of the ranch, ranch at the time the name was applied.
Source: WPA
Other Names:AmbroseHemingway, surveyor of Casper, was owner of the ranch at the time the name was applied.
Source:Annals 14(3)
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Hemingway PostOffice was established in April, 1905 and discontinued in March, 1909. At that time, it was changed to Shrap.
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County: GoshenName:Heldt
County:Goshen
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Latitude: 420003NGNIS Entry
Longitude: 1042024W
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County: LaramieName:Hecla
County:Laramie
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Latitude: 410927NGNIS Entry
Longitude: 1051024W
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Hecla Post Office was established in October, 1888 and discontinued in October, 1929. Mail was then handled by Granite Canon.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
Hecla ...a mining district on MiddleCrow Creek, which has been worked at intervals since the late 1880's. Men still prospect here for copper, silver, and gold. Ruins of a brickkiln, a copper smelter, log cabins, and adobe houses are scattered near ranch buildings and corrals, surrounded by gnarled, nearly dead apple trees.
Source: Wyoming Guide
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