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Bosler is a neat little ghost of
the past dozing
along the old “Lincoln Highway” (US 30/287), about 19 miles north of Laramie,
and just 1.6 miles north of the junction of US 30/287 with State Highway (SH)
34, in the heart of Albany County. Now
mostly abandoned, this still incorporated little roadtown
has a large number of unoccupied buildings.
The
town was named after Frank Bosler, the owner of the
Diamond Ranch, one of the major early-day ranches in the area. It began life as
a railroad-shipping center for the ranch, and in 1908 a post office was
established. A few years later in 1912,
the highway followed the railroad tracks and Bosler
began to take on airs of a roadtown as well. By the mid 1920s, Bosler
had 75 people and a cluster of active businesses. It continued to grow slowly and by 1940 had
264 people.
When the
interstate bypassed the area in 1972 the town was isolated from main travel
routes and began fading rapidly. The
post office closed and the town died.
By 1990 only 50 people remained, and I don’t think
that many even remain today. At the time
of our visit in the summer of 2000, there were only three occupied mobile homes
and old houses and a Nubian Dairy Goat breeder. Doc’s
Bosler is a prime example of what can be found by traveling the back
roads of the
This was our GHOST TOWN OF THE MONTH for
December 2004.
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