Western Auto Transit Company - B Street

The arched windows and door in the building across the street were three garage bays of the Wyoming Auto Transit Company (later the Western Auto Transit Company). Built in 1910, it was advertised as “Southern Wyoming’s oldest automobile dealer.”

The foundation of the Episcopal Church at the corner was laid in 1924. Financial conditions and World War II delayed completion until 1950. This area of the city had an unusually large number of churches in the late 1800’s. Within three blocks were church buildings for the following denominations (construction dates are in parenthesis): Congregational (1881), Methodist (1882), Catholic (1884), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1886), Episcopal (1888), Finnish Lutheran (1897), and Baptist (1913).

Walk across Second Street. The first school classes in Rock Springs were held in the dugout home of the teacher. Each of the six pupils spoke a different language.

In 1874, a one-room schoolhouse was built on this corner.

It was replaced by a large rock school constructed in 1891. When dismantled in 1933, WPA workers used the timbers and stones to construct the stadium of what was East Junior High.