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Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

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Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

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Summary

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the very few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Holladay, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and development of the West. Point of Rocks was an important junction for the Overland Stage and later the Union Pacific Railroad and the South Pass Stage Line, which served the Sweetwater Mines.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-18
Survey number: HABS WY-69
Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000679

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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point of rocks41.68024, -108.78567
Google Map of 41.6802397, -108.785668
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