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Lingle’s history is
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Lingle, Wyoming is on the Oregon Trail, and has Wyoming historical markers to commemorate the trail and the Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes through the town. Nearby are the Oregon Trail Ruts. The Old Texas Trail also is in Lingle.

On July 1, 2022, a canal near the town was breached. This canal breach caused the National Weather Service to issue four flash flood emergencies for the town.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
Patriotically painted bandshellLOCPatriotically painted bandshell2015US Highway 26 - WyomingCommonsUS Highway 26 - Wyoming2014
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lingle is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lingle has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Torrington Main in Torrington, 9.7 miles away.

Lingle and the nearest listed places

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US Post Office-Torrington MainSouth Torrington Union Pacific DepotFort Laramie National Historic SiteFort Laramie Three-Mile Hog RanchHenry State Aid BridgesRegister Cliff

Closest to Lingle

US Post Office-Torrington MainTorrington · Building9.7miSouth Torrington Union Pacific DepotTorrington · Building10.4miFort Laramie National Historic SiteFort Laramie · Built 193111.5miFort Laramie Three-Mile Hog RanchFort Laramie · Building14.7miHenry State Aid BridgesHenry · Structure18.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. US Post Office-Torrington Main’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lingle?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lingle’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Fort Laramie📜 Torrington📜 Yoder📜 Henry

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