The South Country - Elk Mountain, Walcott and Fort Steel
Page by Bob Leathers
Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain (Image by Bob Leathers)
1905
The Elk Mountain Hotel was built by John S. and Mary Ann (Jones) Evans.
1891
Schoen's Elk Mountain Store
Not Dated
Elk Mountain Ranch. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Frank J. Meyers papers)
1900
Sister Olive. I don't know whether you have one of these or not, but it is Elk Mountain - 11,889 ft. high about the sea level. I took this out at a ranch near there. Snow up there all year round - Abbie. (McNulty Collection)
1902
Walcott and Elk Mountain
Walcott, Wyoming and Elk Mountain. Jan. 11, 1902. (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center)
1909
Elk Mountain, Wyoming about 1909. Log Jam in Medicine Bow River near Elk Mountain, Wyoming. (Daryl Billings. 2023)
1910
Postcard title reads: Elk Mountain. Altitude 11,162 feet. Out Where the West Begins.
Post card of Elk Mountain. 1910. Image taken by J.D. Sagris of Hanna, Wyoming (Daryl Billings. 2023)
1921
Grand View Hotel aka Elk Mountain Hotel
1921 June: The Grand View Hotel, later to be known as the Elk Mountain Hotel was owned and operated by John S. and Mary Ann Evans.
Grand View Hotel aka Elk Mountain Hotel. Elk Mpuntain. 1921 (The Pioneer, June 1921)
1921
Elk Mountain Trading Company. Elk Mountin. 1921. (The Pioneer, June 1921)
1921
Postcard. Elk Mountain. 1921. (From Daryl Billings. 2024)
Postcard. Town of Elk Mt., Wyoming. Lying in the Valley. Medicine Bow River. (Image from Daryl Billings)
1926
Hanna Old Timers Fishing on the Medicine Bow River South of Elk Mountain
UPCCEM November 1926 (Picture from T. H. Butler of Hanna)
The postcard below reads: Riding the Lincoln Highway in Wyoming.
The location pictured in the image below is thought to be west of Hanna around Walcott or Fort Steele.
Lincoln Highway in Wyoming. Daryl Billings. 2023.
1940
Elk Mountain Bridge and Hotel. 1940. (Library of Congress)
1962
Elk Mountain Trading Company
Elk Mountain Trading Company (Hanna Miner, 1962)
Elk Mountain Trading Company (University of Wyoming Heritage Center)
Fort Steele
1949
Elk Mountain's Garden Spot Pavilion
Garden Spot Pavilion. Elk Mountain. 1949 (Hanna Miner)