15 April 2010

Riverton, WY

Thermopolis has some excellent medical personnel, but sometimes we have to travel to bigger towns for a specialist. Today we took Grandma to Riverton. This is a picture of their hospital.

hospital, Riverton, WyomingDown the road from the medical complex is this structure which, I think, was used for coal mining.

Riverton, WyomingIt is adjacent to this office building.

Riverton, WyomingThe sculpture above is better seen in the next two photographs.

Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton, Wyoming
wyoming logo, Riverton, WyomingJust before getting to Central Wyoming College, I had to stop to take the above shot of Wyoming's logo.

Note the snowy mountains in the distant background.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingThe above sculpture is explained below. The plaque reads,
Just as freedom liberates the human spirit, so too, education liberates the mind. "Rising Promise" captures the emerging human intellect. The bronze figures portray three humans struggling to rise from the rigid confines of ignorance. The timeless universality of the human figure serves to link the past, present and future.
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingI think this sculpture is of Sacagewea who some believe is buried near Fort Washakie.

Click on the picture below to better see the baby.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingAs you can see, there are a variety of sculptures on the small campus, which made our experience there more interesting.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingThe Arts Center is worth visiting because of the art on display.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingThe Central Wyoming College mascot is the Rustler.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingAbove and below are two of the dormitories.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingBelow is another one of the sculptures at CWC.

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WyomingJust a few more miles down the road and up on a plateau is the Riverton Regional Airport which was built in 1998. Here is a satellite view of the airport.

airport, Riverton, WyomingThe interior is nicely decorated, if you like hunting trophies.

airport, Riverton, WyomingIf you click on the picture below, you can enlarge it to better see different aspects of life here in Riverton.

airport, Riverton, Wyoming
airport, Riverton, Wyoming
airport, Riverton, WyomingFor my Michigan friends, note the logo for Great Lakes Airlines in the shot below.

airport, Riverton, WyomingOn the way back into Riverton, I had to stop at this used car lot. Where I come from, these are not called used cars.

antique cars, Riverton, Wyoming
antique cars, Riverton, Wyoming
antique cars, Riverton, WyomingWe then stopped at the Visitor Center for brochures to help me locate the sights of Riverton. The gentleman there informed me that the name "Wyoming" is a Native American word roughly translated as "a wide prairie place." This interesting fact is taken from the book, Wyoming Trivia.

Camber of Commerce, Visitor Center, Riverton, WyomingAcross the street from the Visitor Center is this mural.

Riverton, WyomingEven though it is a boring shot, I like taking note of places like this (below). Click here for more on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It's near the Visitor Center.

Odd Fellows, Riverton, WyomingGrandma needed a break, so we went to the city park.

City Park, Riverton, Wyoming
City Park, Riverton, WyomingOn the left, above, is the bandshell and on the right is the Ten Commandments.

What follows are mostly shots of buildings I found along Main Street, the old business center of Riverton.

Post Office, Riverton, Wyoming
Post Office, Riverton, Wyoming
Post Office, Riverton, Wyoming
Post Office, Riverton, WyomingAfter visiting the Post Office, I stopped at the local newspaper, The Ranger (note the logo). Given the fact that today is the 15th of April, the front page story was to be expected.

The Ranger Newspaper, Riverton, WyomingThe design of the sidewalks along Main Street have a river theme (it goes along with their name).

sidewalk, Riverton, WyomingThis is one of the biggest Masonic Temples I have seen in a long time. Most of it, however, is for businesses. The Masons meet on the top floor.

Click here for a picture of this building decades ago.

Masonic Temple, Riverton, Wyoming
Masonic Temple, Riverton, Wyoming
Masonic Temple, Riverton, WyomingThis is one of the businesses. Just $11 gets you a haircut.

Masonic Temple, Riverton, WyomingThe shot below is of the second floor:

Masonic Temple, Riverton, WyomingThe original movie theater:

Acme Theater, Riverton, Wyoming
Acme Theater, Riverton, Wyoming
Acme Theater, Riverton, WyomingI found the theater's light fixtures interesting.

Acme Theater, Riverton, Wyoming
Acme Theater, Riverton, Wyoming
Acme Theater, Riverton, WyomingThe building below has a bank on the first floor and senior apartments above.

Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton, WyomingStatues of horses in connection with shops like these are common here in Wyoming.

Riverton, WyomingThe Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has a lodge here.

Elks, Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton, WyomingIt was pointed out to me that the bar is one long tree trunk—impressive. The logo is a part of it.

Riverton, WyomingAleix and Erin were friendly enough to be included in this blog. :)

Riverton, WyomingA block away from Main Street, this Motel 6 caught my attention. They don't make them like this anymore.

Motel 6, Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton, Wyoming
train depot, Riverton, WyomingThe railroad no longer goes through Riverton, so the tracks were torn up and made into a walking trail. This is the old depot which was made into a restaurant (The Depot: Historical Mexican Dining).

train depot, Riverton, Wyoming
train depot, Riverton, WyomingNext to The Depot are these giraffe sculptures...

train depot, Riverton, Wyoming... and this cast iron commemoration of a bridge built for a location "out east," according to Kent, an owner of The Depot. The bridge was then dismantled and brought to the Riverton area to be used here until the railroad discontinued its need for it. I think this is a link to the bridge.

1 comment:

Julie Verdini said...

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