Photograph of "Home signal at Borie, Wyoming" by Joseph E. Stimson courtesy of the Wyoming State Archives.
Map from Guidebook of the Western United States, United States Geological Survey, 1916.
In February, 1910, the Union Pacific Railroad announced that passenger trains would begin use of
the Borie Cutoff from Laramie to Denver, bypassing Cheyenne. Trains coming from
Laramie would go through Borie to Speer before heading south to Denver.
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What is Wyoming Places?
Wyoming Places is a source for information on Wyoming place names. It is a project of the Wyoming State Library and the University of Wyoming Libraries using sources available from the collections of the libraries, the Wyoming State Archives and other research facilities.
Official Geographic names are designated by the US Board on Geographic Names in partnership with the Wyoming Geographic Names Board. This project uses the official names but tells the stories about the names. Often there is more than one story about how a place got its name or a place has more than one name.
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