Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Saturday, September 30, 1911. The Virginian opens.

Today In Wyoming's History: September 30: 1911. The Virginian Hotel opened in Medicine Bow.

It's named after the central character in Owen Wister's classic Western novel written in 1902.

The Virginian, Medince Bow, Wyoming.



Medicine Bow Union Pacific Station, Medicine Bow Wyoming


This a classically styled small town railroad station, located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming.  It's now a museum.





View with the Virginian Hotel just in the background, showing the typical arrangement between train stations in hotels in the days when long distance transportation was generally by rail.

The concrete dam maintained by Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill outside of Austin Pennsylvanian burst killing 78 people 


A baseball game in Madison, NJ>




Main & Genesee Streets, Buffalo, NY, September 30, 1911.

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