Location
c/o Ft. Bridger State Park
P.O. Box 35
Ft. Bridger, WY 82933
(307) 782-3842 (Office)
Linda Newman-Byers, Superintendent
Site Facilities
Interstate 80 Exit 66; US Highway 30; within Granger City Limits.
Brief History
This adobe-covered stone structure was one of dozens of Overland Trail stage stations built in the 1850s. The original station, Ham's Fork, was a dugout affair built around 1850. It was replaced by the stone structure in 1856 and renamed South Bend Station. Horace Greeley and Mark Twain were just two of the thousands of passengers who passed through. Later, the Pony Express used the station as a stopover in 1861-1862. When Union Pacific Railroad construction arrived in 1868, the old stage station was overrun with workers who renamed the site Granger.
Try not to feel too sorry for me, but cruel editors have actually sent me to far-flung places like Istanbul, Hong Kong and Barcelona. And then, once there, these same cruel editors made me shop. Even with all of these adventures in distance shopping however, my favorite stores are ones I stumbled upon at home in Wyoming. Yes, shopping in Wyoming; shopping of the kind you won't find anywhere else.
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The Bridger Trail, opened in 1864, offered a safer alternative to the Bozeman Trail for prospectors looking to make their fortune in the Montana gold rush. Famous mountain man and guide, Jim Bridger, created the trail west of the Big Horn Mountains. read more
