The Digital Sanborn Maps, provided by the Wyoming State Library, allow the user access to Sanborn fire insurance maps circa 1867 – 1970. The viewer can chart the growth of Rock Springs over the years and locate structures, streets, place names, and those mines our area was so noted for in the past. Users can access the maps from home or in any library in the Sweetwater County Sytem. Contact SCLS for more details. Watch out for areas of high subsidence…
Biting the dust : the wild ride and dark romance of the rodeo cowboy and the American West
Johnson, Dirk
For those of you attending the Red Desert Roundup Rodeo this weekend in Rock Springs, Johnson’s book will be of interest. Exploring the life of the modern rodeo cowboy through observational vignettes, the author paints a depressing picture of the circuit: low pay, high expenses, continuous travel, and the constant threat of injury, illness, and death. In this microcosmic look at a facet of rural American culture, Johnson raises awareness of the modern cowboy’s lifestyle and dilemmas. However, the specter of animal cruelty and a warped sense of what is important in life is never far from the personalities Johnson writes about. Readers who find rodeo enthralling as both a sport and a connection to the old West may find some enjoyment here. Others, like animal rights activists, will have their grievances confirmed and won’t feel any sympathy for the rodeo lifestyle’
Copyright 1994 Cahners Business Information, Inc
Jon Lane, Curator of Public Programs at South Pass City State Historic Site, will give a presentation on gold mining in South Pass City & the Sweetwater Mining District.
Tuesday, July 24, 3:30 pm – Rock Springs Library
‘Sweetwater Gold: Wyoming’s Gold Rush 1867-1871′
by: Marion Mcmillan Huseas
“The story of Wyoming’s gold rush in the Sweetwater mining district begins with the first evidence of gold found by a Georgian returning home in 1842…” – Huseas 1991
Photograph: The Cave, South Pass Avenue, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
‘A Quick History of South Pass City & Atlantic City: Wyoming Ghost Towns’By Joyce Spita
“Wyoming’s first and wildest gold camps, South Pass City and Atlantic City, began in a peculiar series of fits and starts lasting a quarter of a century before a full-scale rush broke out. The Pass itself, for which the town was named, had been known and used by white men at least as early as 1812, and by the Indians long before then”
Spita 1980
Photograph: South Pass City, Fremont County, WY
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
‘South Pass and its Tales’ – James L. Sherlock
“A true account of the birth of a western town in the 1860s and its difficult development from a few shacks into a thriving mining and ranching community. James Sherlock writes from his own childhood memories and from the firsthand stories of friends and relatives. The harrowing tales of South Pass are more fascinating than any novel could be”
J Sherlock 1978
