Con Trumbull 128 pages softcover
Starting with the great
migration along the Oregon Trail in the 1840s, central Wyoming has long
been a transportation corridor of the western United States. Railroad
tracks first worked their way into the region in 1886 with the arrival
of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, building
westward from Douglas to Lander. In 1913, the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad, after successfully building through the Wind River
Canyon, began construction south and east through Casper to connect with
its existing line at Orin Junction. Connecting central Wyoming to the
outside world brought goods and people and allowed for the development
of the oil fields, agriculture, industry, and tourism.
