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Courtesy photo
Christmas Eve at the Ezra Emery home in Rock Springs, 1901. Ezra Emery, an important pioneer in long-distance automobile travel in Wyoming, is the man with the moustache in the bottom row.
By DICK BLUST
Sweetwater County Historical Museum
While searching through its photo archives recently, the staff at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River came across a unique holiday image from over a century ago - Christmas Eve at the Rock Springs home of one of the most important, yet largely unrecognized, figures in Wyoming history.
Ezra Lowman Emery - known as Good Roads Emery - was a groundbreaking civil engineer who mapped out an automobile roadway across southern Wyoming from Cheyenne, to Ogden, Utah in 1911 and 1912 along the corridor of the Union Pacific railroa.
While searching through its photo archives recently, the staff at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River came across a unique holiday image from over a century ago – Christmas Eve at the Rock Springs home of one of the most important, yet largely unrecognized, figures in Wyoming history.
Ezra Lowman Emery – known as “Good Roads” Emery – was a groundbreaking civil engineer who mapped out an automobile roadway across southern Wyoming from Cheyenne, to Ogden, Utah in 1911 and 1912 along the corridor of the Union Pacific railroad line. What he called the “Transcontinental Highway” became the Lincoln Highway, which was officially christened in 1913. Later the route evolved into U.S. Highway 30, then Interstate 80.
Weather Alert
.A Winter Storm continues to impact much of Central and Western
Wyoming Thursday.
.A storm system will bring widespread snow across much of the
area through Thursday, lingering over Johnson County through
Thursday night. The heaviest snow for this winter storm will
occur in most locations Thursday morning.
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY. WHAT.Periods of snow. Additional snow accumulations up to 1
inch. 1 to 2 inches expected over eastern portions of Sweetwater
County. WHERE.South Lincoln County, Rock Springs and Green River,
Flaming Gorge, and East Sweetwater County. WHEN.Until noon MDT Thursday. IMPACTS.Plan on slippery road conditions and very low
Sen. Chris Rothfuss Given Golden Bell Award
The Senate Minority Floor Leader of the Wyoming State Legislature, Senator Chris Rothfuss, is a 2020 recipient of the Golden Bell Award, given annually by the Wyoming School Boards Association.
Sen. Rothfuss has represented Senate District #9, located in Albany County, in the Wyoming State Senate since 2011, and he is a strong advocate for K-12 education.
Sen. Rothfuss has also served on many educational committees, including Senate Education Committee, the 2020 Select Committee on School Finance and Recalibration, the 2020 Select Committee on School Facilities, and the 2020 Wyoming’s Tomorrow Task Force.
The Golden Bell Award is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of education in the state of Wyoming.