Evanston - Hardcover

Bogart, Barbara Allen; Uinta County Museum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531646115 ISBN 13: 9781531646110

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2009

Synopsis

Since the mid-1900s, southwestern Wyoming has been a thoroughfare for travelers--along the emigrant and overland trails of the 1840s and 1850s and the Transcontinental Railroad of the 1860s, then the Lincoln Highway in the 1910s and 1920s, and today's busy Interstate 80. Born when the tracks of the Union Pacific reached this corner of Wyoming Territory in 1868, Evanston has a rich history of railroading, ranching, and mineral extraction. Over the past 150 years, the community has been home to European coal miners and Chinese laborers, railroad workers and oil-field roughnecks, cattle and sheep ranchers, business owners and entrepreneurs, and families whose roots are five generations deep. Its residents have developed a lively social life and a strong sense of identity grounded in Evanston's historic downtown and the surrounding landscape of the Bear River and the Uinta Mountains. In the 21st century, Evanston has become a regional model for historic preservation, ensuring that its past will survive into the future.

About this title

About the Author:

Many of the images in this book are from the historical photograph collection at the Uinta County Museum. Barbara Allen Bogart, director of the museum since 2003, is a historian and folklorist with extensive experience researching and writing about the history of small communities in the American West.

Review:

Title: Images of America: Evanston available on August 3!

Author: Staff Writer

Publisher: Uinta County Museum Newsletter

Date: Summer 2009
The Museum's pictorial history of Evanston will be published on August 3. The book features more than 200 historic photos of Evanston and the surrounding area. While many of the photographs come from the Museum's collection, others come from local residents as well as other historical organizations, including the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming State Archives.
Chapters in the book cover the railroad, ranching, coal mining, the development of Evanston's downtown, the energy boom, and recent historic preservation projects.
The book is priced at $23 (including tax). The Museum Foundation is now taking pre-paid orders for the book. For orders placed and paid for before July 10, the price of the book with tax is $20.
Sales of the book will benefit the Uinta County Museum Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the programs and activities of the Museum. Enclosed with the newsletter is an order form. Have questions? Give us a call or send an email -- 307/789-8248 or museum@uintanet.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1531646115
• ISBN 13: 9781531646110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130