(WEST WYOMING) Group of photographs of a Wyoming railroad d

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(WEST--WYOMING.) Group of photographs of a Wyoming railroad depot town and its rugged countryside. 14 photographs, about 4 x 4 1/2 inches, on original plain mounts, each captioned in manuscript on verso; minimal wear. Sherman, WY, November 1899

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Most are captioned simply "Near Sherman, Wyo., November 1899"--a small town best known as the original high-altitude point of the transcontinental railroad, well in decline by 1899, and presently a ghost town for the last century. The images are of rail lines and rugged mountain scenery. One shows "Long's Peak, sixty miles distant." Another shows "Dale Creek Bridge from underneath, Dale Creek, Wyo." The lone portrait, a well-dressed young man walking between the rails at a train depot, is captioned "Mr. John W. Castater, Ogallala, Nebr., November 1899" (illustrated).