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HISTORY
[edit]Arvada, Wyoming is located on the west bank of the Powder River, about fifty miles northwest of Gillette. From 1888 to 1891, a stage line that ran from Sundance to Buffalo Wyoming|Buffalo crossed the Powder River on a ferry boat at the future site of Arvada.[1] The town of Suggs, Wyoming was established on the east bank of the river in 1891, and a the post office opened September 14, 1891.[2] Suggs was named for a local rancher.[3]
During the summer of 1892, railroad crews working on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, built a bridge across the Powder River at Suggs, although the railroad had only reached Gillette at that point in time. Suggs quickly became an "end of tracks town" with bars, brothels, and gambling establishments.<ref name="Dolzeal1976">
- ^ Bill O'Neal (June 2004). The Johnson County War. Eakin Press. ISBN 978-1-57168-876-7. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Ruth Dolzeal (1976). The Postoffices of Wyoming: July 25, 1868 to December 31, 1975. The Author. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Mae Bobb Urbanek (April 1988). Wyoming place names. Mountain Press Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-87842-204-3. Retrieved 6 September 2011.