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Hermosa Wyo. N.P.R.R. Station. Highest point on R.R. (Sherman Hill)

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Call NumberCONS92-2017-51CreatorLigon, J. StokleyDateSeptember 13, 1915SummaryPhotograph shows the Northern Pacific railroad station near Sherman Hill in Hermosa a.k.a. Tie Siding, Albany County, Wyoming. Located in Albany County, Wyoming, Sherman Hill was the highest point on the Union Pacific Railroad. It was named after William Tecumseh Sherman, the tallest general in the Union Army.Physical Description1 photonegative ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectRailroad stations--Wyoming--Albany County--PhotographsTie Siding (Wyo.)--PhotographsSherman Hill (Wyo.)--PhotographsWest (U.S.)--Photographs--20th centuryGeographic AreaTie Siding (Wyo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialGlass plate negativesBlack-and-white negativesOriginal Material Found in CollectionCONS92. J. Stokley Ligon papers and photographsNotesTitle from index. Ligon photo index number: 248. Image derived from glass plate negative. J. Stokley Ligon, wildlife specialist and conservationist, was born in Hays County, Texas, on June 22, 1879.

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