January 7

1888 Here is a mystery: William D. Wrighter became the postmaster of Wrighter Post Office on January 7, 1888. The post office was discontinued in 1889 and its mail then handled by the Powder River Post Office in Johnson County. According to "old time residents" of northeastern Wyoming, "Wrighter," along with "Elroy," was one of the few names that the Boyd Post Office was known as in the 1880s. Boyd was located near the South Dakota border east of the Four Corners--a long way from Johnson County. Were there two places named Wrighter?

1890  The Daily Boomerang of January 7, 1890 reported a collision between the "west bound flier and a freight train occurred near Howell Station on the Union Pacific Railroad.

1899 Barsee Post Office was established on January 7, 1899 with Charles H. King as postmaster.