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Evanston was incorporated in 1868 as a frontier camp for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Structures that survive date from the 1912-13 construction of a large rail service yard that closed in 1971.
Evanston was established 1869, a few months after the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad were laid through southwestern Wyoming. In 1870, the railroad made Evanston a service point for its steam locomotives, assuring the town’s future. By the early 1870s, the town cemetery was already established about a mile northeast of the town limits.
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Nov 8, 2014 · Evanston's first structure and business enterprise was a tent saloon erected by Harvey Booth in November 1868 as the UP tracks reached the point where they turned westward from the Bear River Valley toward Echo Canyon and Utah.
Government. Departments. Community Development. Economic Development. History of Evanston. By 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad had reached what was the fort camp of Evanston, Wyoming. Later that winter, the City was named after railroad surveyor James A. Evans.
Incorporated as a village in 1863, the town (named in honor of John Evans, a central founder of Northwestern) grew slowly through the 1860s. The Chicago Fire of 1871 led thousands of well-to-do Chicagoans, fearing another fire, to build homes in Evanston. To meet their needs an influx of servants and tradesmen swelled Evanston's population.
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Evanston was named the Uinta County Seat and the first courthouse was erected in 1873. In 1984, wings on either side of the original structure were added to make room for expanding government business.
Founded in 1869 by the Union Pacific Railroad, it was named for railroad surveyor James A. Evans. Like the city of Rock Springs, Evanston was one of the Wyoming cities that had a relatively high population of Chinese immigrants as a result of the labour used in the mines and to build the railroads. The city is a railroad division point and ...
