City in Uinta County Wyoming named for John Evans, a former governor of Colorado. (Gannett, 1905) Evanston is the seat of Uinta County and takes its name from John Evans, a civil engineer, who founded it in 1869. It is a coal-mining and commercial center and a division point of the Union Pacific Railroad, with machine shops, icing plants, and other buildings. (Guidebook of the Western United States) Station was located, June 9, 1869. It was named in honor of J.A. Evans, a surveyor on the Union Pacific. The township was surveyed June 1, 1870; lots were offered for sale June 25; E.S. Whittler bought the first lots. The first election was held on September 6, 1870. Evanston was chosen for the county seat by a small majority of the voters over Merril. The growing city of Evanston is situated on the Lincoln Highway and the Union Pacific Railroad which is the main industrial development of the county. Evanston is located at the corner of the southwestern part of Wyoming. (Morris, 1897)
County:
Uinta
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
More Reading:
Evanston. Bogart, Barbara Allen. Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., c2009.; Behind the scenes at Evanston. Payton, E. T. Cheyenne, Wyoming : Wyoming Labor Journal, c1923.; "Evanston, Wyoming Territory" Evanston Age October 10, 1872
