City of RAWLINS

Original Painting by Marc Desobeau available at Highlands Station, LLC

Rawlins, incorporated in 1886 and designated the county seat of Carbon County (a name derived from the extensive coal deposits which underlay the area), is located virtually on top of the Continental Divide. Rawlins was named after General John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, who after taking a drink from a spring at the base of a nearby hill declared, "If anything is ever named after me, I hope it will be a spring of water." Rawlins and the surrounding area is an archive of living history.

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Text Box: City of Rawlins www.rawlins-wyoming.com P. O. Box 953 Rawlins, WY 82301 307/ 328-4500

Text Box: Rawlins Chamber www.rawlinschamberofcommerce.org 519 West Cedar Street Rawlins, WY 82301 307/ 324-4111

RAWLINS

Wyoming

Late 1800s Union Pacific Depot

HISTORY OF THE PIONEER

ENDORSEMENTS

FEASIBILITY STUDY

ROUTE OF THE PIONEER

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