1869
The first Wyoming Territorial Legislative Assembly created and defined
the
boundaries of Uinta County on December 1, 1869. Merril (Merrill) near
Fort Bridger was
named the county seat. Uinta county was the fifth Wyoming county and the
first to be created by the Wyoming Territorial Government. It was
organized on April 7, 1870 with Evanston as its county seat.  This is one of the first maps on which Uinta County appears. It is the Wyoming Territory portion of the Atlas of the United States. Nebraska, and the territories of Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Published by Stedman, Brown & Lyon, Cincinnati. 1872. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection 1889 On December 1, 1889 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad extension between Alliance, Nebraska and Cambria, Wyoming was opened. (Morton, Illustrated History of Nebraska) |
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