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Ableman's Narrows, the Boar's Head

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "273" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04661. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Baraboo River near Ableman's - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ableman's Narrows - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Ableman's Narrows - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899): Ableman's Narrows, Whitestone quarry. "272" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04660. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ableman's Narrows, the Boar's Head

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baraboo River near Ableman's - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"282" and "242" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04668. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Baraboo River near Ableman's, distant view

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Baraboo River near Ableman's, distant view

"280" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04666. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming / drawn by T. de Thulstrup from photographs by Lieutenant C.A. Booth, Seventh United States Infantry.

Miners of the Union Pacific Railroad Company shooting at crowd of fleeing Chinese miners working for the Union Pacific. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1885 Sept. 26, p. 637.

Able Man's Narrows, old wagon bridge

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Ableman's Narrows, Wis., mammoth plate negative

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Baraboo River near Ableman's - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"281" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04667. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Able Man's Narrows, old wagon bridge

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04663. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ableman's Narrows, Wis - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Detroit Photographic Co." Mounted back to back with "01956. Devil's lake from Observatory Hill." May have been part of an album. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01957. Gift; S More

Ableman's Narrows, railroad crossing

"277" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04664. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Bluffs looking up Ableman's Narrows, The

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Albeman's [i.e. Ableman's] Narrows, Wis., mammoth plate negative

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Bluffs looking up Ableman's Narrows, The

"274" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04662. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ableman's Narrows, railroad crossing

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Baraboo River near Ableman's - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford touring the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California.

Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford touring the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California. Edison and Ford inspecting the Rock Springs, Wyoming coal mine and Mr. W.E More

Rock Springs, Wyoming, high school. Arrangements have been made, whereby it has been possible to offer a most practical course in home hygiene to the girls of the senior high school. When the matter was presented to the girls of the high school it was evident that his course was wanted, as eighty-three girls enrolled. As sixty was the maximum number that it was possible to handle at the present time the balance were placed on the waitig list and will take care of the work in turn. Regular high school credit is allowed to the girls completing the course. The Junior Red Cross is bearing the expense of the equipment necessary to carry on the wok

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Mountain Div. Data: Junior Red Cross. Group title: Junior Red Cross. Home Hygiene More

Rock House on Rock Spring Loop trail

While fighting in Europe during World War I, a soldier named Bert Smith was exposed to poison gasses used during that war. Returning to the US with scarred lungs, Bert eventually moved to the Mojave Desert in t More

Rose Court - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

Seventeen modern and very clean 1 and 2 room unites with tile baths, phones, TV, air conditioning. Dick and Martha Sorensen, owners and managers. East on US 30 - Interstate 80 - Rock Springs, Wyo. "For a night' More

Rock springs, Apopka, Florida postcard

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Rock Springs, Apopka, Florida postcard

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Wyoming - Sweetwater County - Rock Springs - ED 19-5, ED 19-6, ED 19-7, ED 19-8, ED 19-9, ED 19-10

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Wyoming - Sweetwater County

Soldiers with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming

Soldiers with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming Army National Guard, begin the process of connecting bays of the Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, July 21, at the Guernsey Reservoir, in Wyoming. The Soldiers w More

Little America billboard, I-80, east of Rock Springs, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Gift shop billboard signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside More

The Reliance Tipple in Sweetwater County, north of Rock Springs, one of two coal tipples, sorting stations associated with coal production at Reliance, Wyoming. The first, wooden tipple was built in 1910 and used until 1936. The perishable portions of that earlier tipple have disappeared, leaving only the sandstone foundations and some artifacts buried in the tailings pile. This second tipple was built in 1936 when Reliance Mine No. 7 was opened. The new tipple was built more durably of concrete and steel

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This tipple operated until 1955, when the Union Pacific Railroad, the chief consumer of the mine's coal, phased out steam locomotives More

The Reliance Tipple in Sweetwater County, north of Rock Springs, one of two coal tipples; sorting stations associated with coal production at Reliance, Wyoming. The first, wooden tipple was built in 1910 and used until 1936. The perishable portions of that earlier tipple have disappeared, leaving only the sandstone foundations and some artifacts buried in the tailings pile. This second tipple was built in 1936 when Reliance Mine No. 7 was opened. The new tipple was built more durably of concrete and steel

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This tipple operated until 1955, when the Union Pacific Railroad, the chief consumer of the mine's coal, phased out steam locomotives More

The Rock Springs Coal Arch in Rock Springs, Wyoming, was a prominent feature of postcards about the town in the 1920s and beyond. Coal has since diminished as an industry in Sweetwater County, but the sign, shortened and spruced-up, remains

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Wonder Bread Store, B-80, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Assorted Main Street buildings & storefronts; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Cred More

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Rock Springs, WI, June 14, 2008 -- Even with flood subsiding, the road into Rock Springs, like many in Sauk County, is still closed. Barry Bahler/FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Rock Springs, WI, June 14, 2008 -- Rock Springs Fire Chief, Mark Weihing and FEMA Administrator ( former Fire chief, Miami-Dade County) R. David Paulison discuss emergency management and flooding in Wisconsin. Barry Bahler/FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Rock Springs, WI, June 14, 2008 -- FEMA Administrator Paulison views flooding in Wisconsin during a tour with the Governor. Barry Bahler/FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Rock Springs, WI, June 14, 2008 -- Rock Springs Fire Chief, Mark Weihing and FEMA Administrator ( former Fire chief, Miami-Dade County) R. David Paulison discuss emergency management and flooding in Wisconsin. Barry Bahler/FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Rock Springs, WI, July 10, 2008 -- Local volunteers help the Salvation Army support sand bagging operations in anticipation of more flooding. FEMA supports the Salvation Army as well as many other volunteer operations in a disaster.situation. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Rock Spring - National parks scenic trails

Informational panels are along the trail at Rock Springs to inform visitors of the history of the area.

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Rock Springs, Ga. , October 3, 2009 -- The Walker County State and FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Managers (FEMA on left, Ronnie Simmons; and State on right, Jeffrey Putnam), and Small Business Administration Communication Specialist Tom Nocera are partners in serving residents affected by recent severe storms and flooding. Disaster Recovery Centers provide access to FEMA and other disaster service agencies under one roof. George Armstrong/FEMA

The original database describes this as: Title: State and FEMA Managers at Walker Disaster Center Production Date: 10/03/2009 Caption: Rock Springs, Ga. , October 3, 2009 -- The Walker County State and FEMA More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Rock Springs, Ga. , October 3, 2009 -- The Walker County State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center is open to serve residents affected by September severe storms and flooding. Disaster Recovery Centers provide access to FEMA as well as other disaster related services under one roof. George Armstrong/FEMA

The original database describes this as: Title: Disaster Recovery Center Open in Walker County, GA Production Date: 10/03/2009 Caption: Rock Springs, Ga. , October 3, 2009 -- The Walker County State/FEMA Dis More

Rock Springs Shelter - National Parks Gallery

Rock Springs Shelter (P 722b) Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Springs Shelter - National Parks Gallery

Rock Springs Shelter (P 795c) Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Springs, a stop along the Mojave Road

Rock Springs, a stop for travelers along the Mojave Road

Rock Springs Shelter - National Parks Gallery

Rock Springs Shelter Squared Chestnut Timbers on Porch (P 506d) Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spc. Ashley Olguin of Green River, Wyo., supervises

Spc. Ashley Olguin of Green River, Wyo., supervises the offloading of a bay for an Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, into the Guernsey Reservoir, July 21. Olguin is with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming Army More

Tony Neimeic, the bomb squad commander at Sweetwater

Tony Neimeic, the bomb squad commander at Sweetwater County (Wyo.) Sheriff's office, yells, "Fire in the hole!" Neimeic was one of several bomb squad members present at the Sweetwater Big Bang Exercise, Nov.3, More

Overview of the rugged surrounding terrain from a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The plateau carries the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic drive where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Overview of the rugged surrounding terrain from a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The plateau carries the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic drive where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Downtown buildings in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Downtown buildings in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Road along the the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic plateau route from north of Rock Springs to Green River, Wyoming, where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Overview of Rock Springs, Wyoming, taken along the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop along a long, high, plateau that runs from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River. One is sure to see the butte, but not always the wild horses, on the drive atop the plateau

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Road along the the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic plateau route from north of Rock Springs to Green River, Wyoming, where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat More

Train station in downtown Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Overview of old U.S. 30, the "Lincoln Highway", and rugged surrounding terrain from a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The plateau carries the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic drive where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Old, but fixed-up, Union Pacific Railroad caboose in downtown Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Downtown buildings in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Edward J. Fraughton's sculpture, "Clearing the Haulway" in Rock Springs, Wyoming, salutes Wyoming's coal miners and their legacy

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Downtown buildings in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Overview of the rugged surrounding terrain from a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The plateau carries the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic drive where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Free-ranging cattle stand before the Boar's Tusk, an isolated butte within Wyoming's Red Desert. The butte rises 400 feet above the surrounding Killpecker Creek plain north of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County. The formation is an isolated remnant of a long-extinct volcano associated with the Leucite Hills to the east. All that remains of the volcano is part of the erosion-resistant volcanic neck which composed of the uncommon volcanic rock lamproite

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Array of power lines in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, north of Rock Springs

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat More

Downtown buildings in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Buildings at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

Freight station in downtown Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat More

Artist David Alan Clark's sculpture, "Lambing Season," in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sculpture depicts one of Sweetwater County's largest industries, historically. There were as many as 225,000 sheep on the hoof in More

Downtown art that touts the town in Rock Springs, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More

View of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in Wyoming's Red Desert, north of Rock Springs. The dunes, formed about 1 million years ago when volcanoes spewed lava and hot ash over much of what is today Sweetwater County. Millennia of dormancy and wind erosion turned the volcanic materials into thousands of acres of exceptionally soft sand, pldhigh to create a sandy playground, especially popular with those riding dune buggies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph More