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Riverton Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1st and Main Sts., Riverton, Wyoming
Coordinates	43°1′28″N 108°23′24″W / 43.02444°N 108.39000°W / 43.02444; -108.39000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906–1907
Built by	Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
NRHP reference No.	78002827
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

The Riverton Railroad Depot is a historic railway station located at 1st and Main Streets in Riverton, Wyoming. The depot was built by the Chicago and North Western Railway from 1906 to 1907 along a new line through central Wyoming built by the railway in 1906. The city of Riverton formed only two weeks before the railroad reached it when land in the area opened to new residents under the Homestead Act. The railroad spurred economic development in the region by exporting agricultural products and oil and creating demand for the local coal and lumber industries. When the railroad industry declined after World War II, the Chicago and North Western gradually decreased its service west of Casper, and by 1974 it was prepared to demolish the Riverton station as well. A group of Riverton residents instead bought and restored the depot, which now houses businesses. Some claim that the depot is the last surviving Chicago and North Western station west of Casper, but, although modified, the Lander station (the end of track for the C&NW's westward expansion), still stands and is currently home to the Lander Chamber of Commerce.

The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Junge, Mark (May 10, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Riverton Railroad Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Riverton Railroad Depot at Wikimedia Commons
• Photos from the NRHP nomination

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Wyoming
National Historic Landmark	South Pass
Historic districts	Carpenter Hotel Historic District CM Ranch and Simpson Lake Cabins Diamond A Ranch Fort Washakie Historic District Hamilton City Lander Downtown Historic District Quien Sabe Ranch South Pass Historic District St. Michael's Mission T Cross Ranch Rural Historic District Torrey Lake Historic District Torrey Lake Petroglyph District Twin Pines Lodge and Cabin Camp
Historic properties	Atlantic City Mercantile BMU Bridge over Wind River Brooks Lake Lodge Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site Dean Decker Site Delfelder Schoolhouse ELS Bridge over Big Wind River ELY Wind River Diversion Dam Bridge Green Mountain Arrow Site High Rise Village Jackson Park Town Site Addition Brick Row C. H. King Company and First National Bank of Shoshoni Helen Lookingbill Site Riverton Railroad Depot Shoshone-Episcopal Mission Split Rock Prehistoric Site Union Pass US Post Office and Courthouse-Lander Welty's General Store Wind River Agency Blockhouse
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fremont County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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