| On July 6, 1847, Brigham Young and party camped on the present site of the town while on their way to Salt Lake. The Pony Express, old Oregon Trail, and Overland Stage routes wound their way through this district. The old Granger Stage and Pony Express station is still intact. It is now a railroad junction. In early days it was called "South Bend" because of the bend in the Ham's Fork River. May have been named for the stepfather of William Crookston. The spring nearby was originally called Granger Spring, from which the town takes its name. (WPA) Granger Post Office was established in February, 1869 with Lafayette Granger as its first postmaster. (Wyoming Post Offices) |
