These are some of the best ghost towns I've ever been to! I don't know much about Wendover, but the remaining buildings are all abandoned and very creepy. Jeffrey City was a big bust of a mining town, and now tons of abandoned buildings are left in the small community. Piedment is a spectacular ghost town with all abandoned buildings and some historic kilns. Sage is a bit of a mystery and fading into the Wyoming prairie that is conveniently hidden by a bunch of train cars. Really fun places to check out!

More info from Roxie Harris …

Wendover was a railroad town. In its heyday the C&S (Colorado and Southern) and the CB&Q (Colorado, Burlington (?) and Quincy) Railroads met there. The house my cousins were raised in is still owned by the BN (Burlington Northern) Railroad and some higher up official lived in it I believe. The boxcar houses were for the track workers and train crews. This was all taking place before I was born, probably in the 30's and 40's.
Across the river was the old town of Wendover (the side encompassing the ranch where I grew up). The first railroad was attempted on that side by some company, can't remember the name, but went broke. It was a narrow gauge and was probably attempted not too long after 1900, guessing here. The Town of Wendover that you explored used to have a store, post office, and dance hall. My aunt and cousin worked in the store/post office. There was also a very nice depot north of the old town which I do remember. I was told that Teddy Roosevelt stayed there on occasion. I was also told that there was talk by the railroads of putting in a roundhouse and yard in either Guernsey or Wendover. Everyone knew that whichever town got that kind of development would grow and the other would fade. Obviously, Guernsey won.
My dad bought the ranch I grew up on in 1953 but he and my grandmother drove the mail route from Wendover to Guernsey when he was young so Wendover was part of his life from an early age.

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