| Lone Tree Swing Station Site | |
|---|---|
  Lone Tree Swing station Location of Lone Tree Swing Station Site in Wyoming  Lone Tree Swing station Lone Tree Swing station (the United States) | |
| Location | On Bryan Road Bryan, Wyoming Just north of I-80 |
| Coordinates | 41°33′44″N109°40′59″W / 41.5622°N 109.6831°W |
| Built | 1862 |
| Built for | Early pioneers, Overland Stage and Mail |
Lone Tree Swing Station Site was a resting spot for early American pioneers in wagon trains heading west on the Overland Trail. The site is in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, near the town of Bryan, Wyoming. The Lone Tree Swing Station namesake is from a large and single pine tree at the site. Lone Tree Swing Station and the pioneers selected the site because it has good year-round water from the nearby Blacks Fork of the Green River. The site was also used as a route for the Overland Stage and Mail from 1862 to 1869, which ran from Denver to Salt Lake. Travelers to the Lone Tree Swing Stage Station arrived from the Green River Station. From the Lone Tree Swing Stage Station, the Overland Trail travels west to the next stop, Granger Station. Due to the good water supply, the Union Pacific Railroad ran the First transcontinental railroad's Overland Route rail service through the Lone Tree Swing Station and founded the City of Bryan to service the steam locomotives with water. At its peak, Bryan had a population of 5,000. The Lone Tree Swing Station site is one mile south of Bryan and closer to the river. Due to a drought on the Blacks Fork River, the Union Pacific Railroad closed its station at Bryan. Both Bryan and the Lone Tree Swing Station disappeared. [1] [2]
With the opening of the Union Pacific Railroad's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, the wagon trains started to end. [3]
