Re: Lost Family Member 1892
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In reply to:
Lost Family Member 1892
3/07/99
Almy no longer exists. It was a small coal-mining town just north of today's Evanston, Uinta Co., Wyoming. The Evanston City Cemetery has burials back to at least 1884 (my great-grandfather). Cemetery records held at Evanston City Hall. I also understand there is a small cemetery at Almy, but have never seen it, nor recordings of it.
In the 1890s there were a number of disastrous methane-gas explosions in the coal mines (owned in large part by the Union Pacific Railroad, to fuel its trains). As a result the mines were shut around the turn of the century, and the town died. Many people moved into Evanston. The newspapers for Evanston do not go back far, but if you can locate a death date(s), they will cover your time period.
In the 1890s there were a number of disastrous methane-gas explosions in the coal mines (owned in large part by the Union Pacific Railroad, to fuel its trains). As a result the mines were shut around the turn of the century, and the town died. Many people moved into Evanston. The newspapers for Evanston do not go back far, but if you can locate a death date(s), they will cover your time period. The Evanston Public Library of the Uinta (Co.) Library System has what historic material there is (and there is not a lot).Both sets of my maternal great-grandparents were there by 1870. (see my reply to other Almy question several postings above yours).