A history of Lusk,
since 1886
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lusk from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Black Hills Gold Rush brought fortune seekers to the Wyoming Territory. Within two years, the stage coach route between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Deadwood, South Dakota, delivered freight, including salt pork and whiskey. The boom also brought armored stage coaches and gold bricks, along with Indians and thieves. The Cheyenne–Deadwood route operated from 1876 to 1887, when it was replaced by the Wyoming Central Railway.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lusk’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlans for Warehouse, Lusks, Wyomi…, 1886: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lusk
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Lusk, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Lusk
3 places in Lusk are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1969Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations
Listed 1991Lusk Water Tower
Listed 2001C and H Refinery Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Plans for Warehouse, Lusks, Wyoming (1886) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.