Latham Station Site

Latham Station Site
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Location	South Platte River Off U.S. Route 85 South of Evans, Colorado
Coordinates	40°21′44″N104°41′53″W / 40.3622°N 104.698°W / 40.3622; -104.698
Built	1862
Built for	Early pioneers, Overland Stage and Mail

The City of Greeley at the top of the Big Bend in the South Platte River. Latham Station was just south of Greeley

Latham Station, was a rest stop for early American pioneers in wagon trains heading west on the Overland Trail. The site is now on the South Platte River, off U.S. Route 85, South of Evans, Colorado in Larimer County, Colorado. The Latham Station had good year-round water from South Platte River. The Latham Station was on the route of the Overland Stage and Mail used from 1863 to 1869, which ran from Kansas to Salt Lake. The Station was an Overland small swing station. ^{[1] [2]}

Travelers to the Latham Station arrived from Big Bend Station to the south. From Latham Station, the Overland Trail travels north to the next stop, Sherwood Station. Just north of the Latham Station, the Overland Trail passed through the City of Greeley, Colorado. ^{[3] [1] [2]}

No trace of the Latham Station remains; the only reminder of the station is the Latham Ditch that takes water off the south banks of the South Platte River for irrigation, and the Lower Latham Reservoir, west of the station, built in 1890. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

With the opening of the Union Pacific Railroad's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, ^[5] the wagon trains started to end. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

See also

• Fort Morgan Cut-Off
• Ben Holladay
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Weld County, Colorado

References

1. "The Overland Stage: 7 – Latham Crossing to Fort Collins – The New American Digest". October 25, 2025.
2. "The Overland Trail: From Latham to LaPorte via Denver--Updated 03/07/00". losthistory.net.
3. "The Overland Trail in Wyoming | WyoHistory.org". www.wyohistory.org.
4. "Comstock v. Ramsay". vLex.
5. "The Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad: Pursuing What's Possible and Making it Happen". Union Pacific.
6. Duhamel, Dominick (May 14, 2024). "1867 Big Wyoming: Capturing Wyoming Rail History".
7. "Overland Trail". www.visitlaramie.org.
8. "Overland Stage II--Wyoming Tales and Trails". www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com.
9. "Great Days Of The Overland Stage". AMERICAN HERITAGE.