Sage Creek Station Site

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Sage Creek Station Site
Nearest city Rawlins, Wyoming
Area less than one acre
Built 1862 (1862)
NRHP reference # 78002821 [1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1978

The Sage Creek Station Site is a former way station on the Overland Trail in Carbon County, Wyoming. Constructed about 1862, the station was built of logs with an adobe fireplace and a dirt roof over pole rafters. The site burned on June 8, 1865, but may have been rebuilt. All that remains of the station are its foundations. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 1978. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Sage Creek Station". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office.