| Named by the Union Pacific Railroad in honor of Judge Jesse Knight, Judge of the Third Judicial District of Wyoming, who showed the railroad engineers how to change the line to avoid the very steep grade on Aspen Hill and the feasibility of the present Aspen Tunnel. (WPA) Named for the ranch along the river which was once owned by Jesse Knight of Evanston, Wyoming. (Annals of Wyoming 14:3) The Union Pacific Railroad Station name was Knight, "shipping point for wool and stock same as Hilliard was." (Wyoming Post Offices) |
