Wendover’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Wendover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was established in 1908 as a station stop on the Western Pacific Railroad, then under construction. The town's name comes from either railroad surveyor Charles Wendover or from "wending over" the desert.
The transcontinental telephone line was completed as workers raised the final pole at Wendover, Utah on June 27, 1914, after construction of 3,400 miles (5,500 km) of telephone line. However, the line was not utilized until January 25, 1915, when the first transcontinental telephone call was made to coincide with the opening of the Panama Pacific Exposition.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wendover’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wendover’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWendover, Utah, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wendover, decade by decade
1970s
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1 historic place in Wendover
1 place in Wendover is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Wendover, Utah (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.