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Uva Wyoming
Cel. W. G. Bullock, Sutlers Agent at Ft. Laramie, started a ranch here in 1871. He was so bothered by-Indians he moved to the Chugwater. Later a Post Office was established here* And named Uva by the Post Master W.R. Balsom.
Uva is Spanish for grapes. There are many wild grape vines on the North Laramie River. Another version of the name is that it was an old cattle brand.
Uva was once a Road Ranch on the Oregon Trail. In days of open range the large Duck Bar cattle spread centered here, and was a cattle shipping point.
Teschemacher brothers, rich Englishmen and cattle owners, lived here until after involvement in the Johnson County War when they returned to their native country.
In 1880 Uva had the potential of becoming the active center of Platte County. But by 1990 it was doomed to extinction. Development in the area started around 1876, when Billy Bacon and his wife accommodated travelers on the route from Cheyenne to Ft. Fetterman, when they crossed the Laramie at this point.
Johnny Gordon soon settled in the area and judged the Bacon Establishment " disreputable", a place for wild cowboys, drinking and gambling. He paid Bacon $1000.00 to leave and filed on his claim.
In 1885 Jim Whitney ran a Road Ranch at the bridge over the Laramie. When the railroad crossed the Laramie in 1887 the road ranch moved to the railroad crossing. Herbert Teschemacher and Fred de Biller had built the Teschemacher Hotel. A saloon, another store and a church were soon built.
Uva was the shipping point to Omaha and Chicago for the cattle from the vast ranches in the area, and much of the activities centered around the stockyards and loading chutes. Uva also became the social center of the area too.
In 1894 when the Wyoming Development Company chose to headquarter in Wheat land.At this time Uva began its slow death. By 1900 the boom days were over and in 1940 the Post Office closed.
Uva Wyoming
Col. W. G, Bullock, Sutlers Agent at Ft. Laramie, started a ranch here in 1871. He was so bothered by*Indians he moved to the Chugwater. Later a Post Office was established here. And named Uva by the Post Master W.R, Balsom.
Uva is Spanish for grapes. There are many wild grape vines on the North Laramie River. Another version of the name is that it was an old cattle brand.
Uva was once a Road Ranch on the Oregon Trail. In days of open range the large Duck Bar cattle spread centered here, and was a cattle shipping point.
Teschemacher brothers, rich Englishmen and cattle owners, lived here until after involvement in the Johnson County War when they returned to their native country.
In 1880 Uva had the potential of becoming the active center of Platte County. But by 1900 it was doomed to extinction. Development in the area started around 1876, when Billy Bacon and his wife accommodated travelers on the route from Cheyenne to Ft. Fetterman, when they crossed the Laramie at this point.
Johnny Gordon soon settled in the area and judged the Bacon Establishment " disreputable", a place for wild cowboys, drinking and gambling. He paid Bacon $1000.00 to leave and filed on his claim.
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