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Sweetwater County was created on December 17, 1867, as a county within the Dakota Territory. [4] The county was formed of territory partitioned from Laramie County.The county was originally named Carter County for Judge W.A. Carter of Fort Bridger [5] In 1869, the newly established legislature of the Wyoming Territory renamed the county for the Sweetwater River.
English: This is a locator map showing Sweetwater County in Wyoming. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
The Sweetwater rises in southwestern Fremont County, at the continental divide near South Pass Wyoming, on the southern end of the Wind River Range.It flows ENE along the north side of the Antelope Hills, then ESE, through Fremont County, past Jeffrey City, between the Granite Mountains to the north and the Green Mountains (Wyoming) to the south, through what are now cattle-raising areas.
Sweetwater River (a tributary of the North Platte River), which flows through the state. (Original name, Carter County, named for sutler William Alexander Carter.) [10] 41,249: 10,426 sq mi (27,003 km 2) Teton County: 039: Jackson: 1921: Part of Lincoln County. Teton Range, a small mountain range of the Rocky Mountains at the Wyoming–Idaho ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Construction of railroad bridge over Green River, 1868. The townsite of Green River, Dakota Territory was platted by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1867. Although the Territory of Wyoming was created on July 25, 1868, the Town of Green River was incorporated on August 21,1868 under the laws of the previous Territory of Dakota since the laws of the Wyoming Territory had yet to be written.
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The central portion of the mountain, from Rock Springs, Wyoming White Mountain is a long mountain located in central Sweetwater County , Wyoming, near the cities of Rock Springs and Green River . The mountain is part of the Green River Formation , and contains communications towers that serve a number of purposes.