Green River Wyoming
by Mitch Shindelbower
Title
Green River Wyoming
Artist
Mitch Shindelbower
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Green River Wyoming....The Union Pacific Railroad Company's tracks and train reached Green River, Dakota Territory, on October 1, 1868. It had been a difficult stretch of track to lay from Rawlins across the Red Desert, with the lack of water for the workmen, their animals, and for the locomotives to make steam. Water had to be brought up from behind. The dependable water available in the Green River was a welcome sight.
Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Green RiverWith the arrival of the railroad in Green River, the Union Pacific found that a town had already been established, much to their displeasure. It had been their intention that Green River would be a division point; but the railroad was miffed, and it proceeded at once to bypass Green River. The railroad laid out a new town named Bryan (for a while known as Corinne) on the Black's Fork, 12 miles west of Green River, and made it their division point.
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July 24th, 2021
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Meg Shearer
I love the composition Mitch! I love the train lines and curves and the mountains, and love that sky with the rays of sun! Beautiful shot!
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