SUPERIOR
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NAME: Superior COUNTY: Sweetwater ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Arid summer; winter snow BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any but winter |
COMMENTS:
Take paved Wyoming 371 directly to Superior
off I-80 east of Rock Springs.Superior has become considerably less ghostly
that when I first wasthere about 10 years ago. There are still some nice
vacant store frontsalong the main street. Petrified Wood fans! Go about
2 mi. beyondSuperior (continue past the main street and follow the deterioratingpaved
road). Look for a large black pile on the right. There are manypieces of
petrified wood on and around this pile. The material is brittle but almost
all have nice side grain and many have nice ring patterns. There are also
many large pieces, some too big to reasonably manage. The best pieces are
across a wash that runs through the pile. You can affordto be picky about
samples here. (9/99; Harold Frodge) REMAINS: Few abandoned store fronts. There is an old cemetary on the left side of Wyoming 371 going out to Superior. Also, if you go through Superior, there are dirt roads that lead to Tri-Territory road and 'Boar's Tusk', the Petroglyphs and the Sand Dunes. |
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I have yet to find a history for Superior. There are coal mines in the area, so I suspect that is a significant part of Superior's past. Submitted by: Harold Frodge Superior, WY was an iron mining town up until the mid to late 1970's. I remember that in 1976 the trains were still carrying iron ore pellets from Superior through Rock Springs. They may have also done coal, but I have not heard of it. You are correct about the petrified wood, though. I have seen some there before that seemed to be part coal and part petrified wood. D. Buker |
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