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Show River First Brought Folks to Green River The Green River, which Is so Important in the Wyoming1 town's life today, brought settlement to Green River long before ue Union Paciffle railroad was constructed. The Overland Stage route, from the Missouri River to San Francisco, had a settlement on the land now occupied by Rancho addition souUt of the river, as early as 1861, according to the Wyoming Historical landmark commission. Here was a division point on the stage route, and here also coaches were repaired. At one time it was planned to bridge the Green at this point, but this never came to pass, and ford and ferry provided the crossing, near the present gravel and sand plant M the xiver south f towa. |