Beckwith-Quinn and Company - South Main & E Street

Constructed at this site in 1870, and demolished in the late 1960’s, the rock Beckwith-Quinn Company store was the first permanent building in Rock Springs. Store counters doubled as a stage for community programs and aisles were used for dancing. Beckwith-Quinn handled the payroll for the Union Pacific Mines and contracted with them to bring Chinese workers to Wyoming. A Chinese department of the store was staffed by an interpreter and local Chinese.