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All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy.  Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sign, Sweetwater, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Sign, Sweetwater, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public dom...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Superior Coal Mines, Sewer Manhole, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Sewer Manhole, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior...

Significance: Structure I consists of a sewer manhole. The structure is atop a long, linear, west to east trending ridge forming the south side of Horse Thief Draw. The manhole is located approximately 1.25 m... More

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Supe...

Significance: Structure F is a collapsed wooden structure. The structure is located along the lower slope of the south side of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1 mile northwest of Superior. The structure consis... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure V is a concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the south slope of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1/3 mile northwest of Superior. The foundation is rectangular in shape wit... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cowboy cook symbol on the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas

Cowboy cook symbol on the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Distinctive sign of the long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Texas

Distinctive sign of the long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater. - stereocsopic card

Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater. - stereocsopic card

On verso in ink: Note: 1870 stereo 308-311 Devil's Gate, Sweetwater River, Wyo. are all on file in USGS Library 1870-71 Stereoscopic Views (Illustrations-Haydens Reports) Nellie C. Corico Topog. Div., USGS Feb.... More

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green River, Sweetwater County, WY

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderda...

Survey number: HABS AL-333 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderda...

Survey number: HABS AL-333 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...

Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of ...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Hollday, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and developmen... More

Superior Coal Mines, School Building Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, School Building Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, S...

Significance: Structure M consists of the foundation of a large building. The foundation is located atop a small south to north trending finger ridge which extends into the Horse Thief Draw. The structure is ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure BB is a valve box. The structure is located near the crest of the south slope of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1/4 mile northwest of Superior. The valve box consists of a square pit 1... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure N is a wooden valve box. The valve box is located on a small south to north trending finger ridge which extends out into Horse Thief Draw. The structure is located approximately 1/2 mi... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure U is a collapse concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the side of the ridge slope south of Horse Thief Draw. The foundation is located approximately 1/3 mile northwest o... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve House, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve House, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County, WY

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County,...

Significance: Located at the junction of the Ham's Fork and Black's Fork tributaries of the Green River, the Granger Stage Station is also the junction point of two major mail and migration routes through Wyomi... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...

Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure P is a concrete foundation from the Superior High School boiler room/gym. The structure is located atop a broad, linear ridge trending from west to east. The building is situated along... More

Superior Coal Mines, Wood Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Wood Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superi...

Significance: Structure H is a wood foundation from a demolished wood frame building. The foundation is located on a terrace along the south edge of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1 mile northwest of Superior.... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure EE is a valve box. The valve box is located on the top of a broad, flat, west to east trending ridge which serves as the top south edge of Horse Thief Draw. The valve box is located ap... More

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

A snake-handler at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A snake-handler at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetw...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County, WY

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County,...

Significance: Located at the junction of the Ham's Fork and Black's Fork tributaries of the Green River, the Granger Stage Station is also the junction point of two major mail and migration routes through Wyomi... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...

Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of ...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Hollday, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and developmen... More

Sweetwater Dam, San Diego Land & Town Co.

Sweetwater Dam, San Diego Land & Town Co.

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign, Sweetwater, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Sign, Sweetwater, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Highway U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Highway U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure Z is a collapsed concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the side of the ridge slope south of Horse Thief Draw. The foundation is located approximately 1/3 mile northwest ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

A carpet store in the historic Myers Building in Sweetwater, Texas. Mayor of Sweetwater in the early 1900s, S.D. Myers, ran a saddlery in this location

A carpet store in the historic Myers Building in Sweetwater, Texas. Ma...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Note the enchanted onlookers

Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup"...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

An expert cowboy snake-handler holds (at a distance) an unhappy, 20-pound specimen at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

An expert cowboy snake-handler holds (at a distance) an unhappy, 20-po...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Coal Mines, Dugout, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Dugout, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweet...

Significance: The structure is a one room dugout which was excavated into the lower slope of the south side of the valley of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1 mile northwest of Superior. The dugout is rectangul... More

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Ei...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a sign on a building, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a sign on a building, Texas, during Great D...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a welcome sign, Signboard, entering Sweetwater, Texas

A black and white photo of a welcome sign, Signboard, entering Sweetwa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Continental Divide. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Continental Divide. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A literal pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A literal pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" i...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

"Miss Snake Charmer," Hannah Smith, a cowboy snake-handler Terry "Hollywood" Armstrong, hoist a hefty specimen at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

"Miss Snake Charmer," Hannah Smith, a cowboy snake-handler Terry "Holl...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County, WY

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County,...

Significance: Located at the junction of the Ham's Fork and Black's Fork tributaries of the Green River, the Granger Stage Station is also the junction point of two major mail and migration routes through Wyomi... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Coal Mines, School Building Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, School Building Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, S...

Significance: Structure M consists of the foundation of a large building. The foundation is located atop a small south to north trending finger ridge which extends into the Horse Thief Draw. The structure is ... More

Sweetwater Dam near San Diego, Calif.

Sweetwater Dam near San Diego, Calif.

Photograph shows water cascading over top of the Sweetwater Dam in Spring Valley, California. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).

All workers in Mascot Knitting Mills,.  Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All workers in Mascot Knitting Mills,. Location: Sweetwater, Tennesse...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A derelict gas station and appropriately aged car in Sweetwater, Texas

A derelict gas station and appropriately aged car in Sweetwater, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure T is a collapsed concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the side of the ridge slope south of Horse Thief Draw. The foundation is approximately 1/3 mile northwest of Super... More

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Bridge, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Bridge, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior...

Significance: Structure JJ is a wooden pedestrian or light traffic bridge. The bridge crosses the channel of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1.8 miles northwest of the town of Superior. The bridge is a wooden ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure CC is a valve box. The valve box is located on the top of a broad flat west to east trending ridge which serves as the south edge of Horse Thief Draw. The valve box is located approxim... More

Lisa's Cocina, a small restaurant in Sweetwater, Texas. In Spanish, a "cocina" is a kitchen

Lisa's Cocina, a small restaurant in Sweetwater, Texas. In Spanish, a ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A literal pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A literal pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" i...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Photograph shows rock formation on Sweetwater River, Wyoming. Original negative number: 308 or 309. On back in pencil: 309 - pub. the Pioneer photographer, page 31. 308-311 are a series of photos of Devil's Gat... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderda...

Survey number: HABS AL-333 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...

Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of ...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Hollday, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and developmen... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure P is a concrete foundation from the Superior High School boiler room/gym. The structure is located atop a broad, linear ridge trending from west to east. The building is situated along... More

An expert snake-handler extracts venom from a snake in the "milking pit" at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

An expert snake-handler extracts venom from a snake in the "milking pi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

Continental Divide. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Continental Divide. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure Y is a collapsed concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the side of the ridge slope south of Horse Thief Draw. The foundation is located approximately 1/3 mile northwest ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Sewer Manhole, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Sewer Manhole, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior...

Significance: Structure J is a sewer manhole very similar in appearance to Structure I. The sewer manhole is located atop a broad, linear ridge running from west to east. The ridge served as the south slope o... More

After the success of the Bear Valley and Sweetwater dams, the structural tradition continued to attract interest among some western dam builders

After the success of the Bear Valley and Sweetwater dams, the structur...

Illustration showing Caption continues: The Upper Otay Dam south of San Diego featured a thin arch concrete design, with a height of 84 feet and a maximum thickness of only 14 feet; it was built under the dire... More

Distinctive sign of the long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Texas

Distinctive sign of the long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Note the enchanted onlookers

Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup"...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County, WY

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County,...

Significance: Located at the junction of the Ham's Fork and Black's Fork tributaries of the Green River, the Granger Stage Station is also the junction point of two major mail and migration routes through Wyomi... More

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderda...

Survey number: HABS AL-333 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Sweetwater, Sweetwater Avenue & Florence Boulevard, Florence, Lauderda...

Survey number: HABS AL-333 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Union Hall, State Highway 371, Block 9, part of lots 9 & 10, ...

Significance: In the early twentieth century the United Mine Workers of America, Superior Local constructed the Superior Union Hall. It was originally built to serve both the Union and the community. The buil... More

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Sweetwater County Jail, Grant Street, South Pass City, Fremont County,...

Significance: This is a sturdy building and an excellent example of an 1870's frontier jail. Completed and accepted by the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory, on April 1, 1870, the jai... More

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Sheepherder's wagon on U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Faro Caudill ironing. Pie Town, New Mexico. Mrs. Caudill was born and finished high school at Sweetwater, Texas, before coming with her husband to Pie Town, New Mexico, to homestead

Mrs. Faro Caudill ironing. Pie Town, New Mexico. Mrs. Caudill was born...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Texas

The long-derelict Palomino Motel in Sweetwater, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

"Miss Snake Charmer," Hannah Smith, a cowboy snake-handler Terry "Hollywood" Armstrong, hoist a hefty specimen at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

"Miss Snake Charmer," Hannah Smith, a cowboy snake-handler Terry "Holl...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas

A skilled snake-skinner demonstrates his craft to a young visitor at t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The... More

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

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

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 deve... More

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County, WY

Granger Stage Station, Old Route 30 North, Granger, Sweetwater County,...

Significance: Located at the junction of the Ham's Fork and Black's Fork tributaries of the Green River, the Granger Stage Station is also the junction point of two major mail and migration routes through Wyomi... More

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green River, Sweetwater County, WY

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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