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New Fork
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Abandon building in New Fork, Wyoming
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Location	Sublette County, Wyoming
Nearest city	Boulder, Wyoming
Coordinates	42°42′13″N 109°42′55″W / 42.70361°N 109.71528°W / 42.70361; -109.71528
Architect	Chris Brandt, John Vible
NRHP reference No.	87000773
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1987^[1]

New Fork is a ghost town in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States, near Boulder. It was one of the earliest settlements in the upper Green River valley. New Fork was established in 1888 by John Vible and Louis Broderson, Danish immigrants who had arrived in the United States in 1884. They established a store along the Lander cut-off of the Oregon Trail. By 1908 a small town had grown around the store, and in 1910 Vible built a dance hall, called The Valhalla.

In the early years of the settlement, the local Bannock and Shoshoni Indians from the Wind River Indian Reservation accounted for much of the town's trade. Vible and Broderson's original store was a log cabin, selling supplies obtained in Evanston.^[2]

The death of Vible and members of his family from diphtheria and scarlet fever in 1915 started a decline, exacerbated by the abandonment of the Lander cut-off. Mail service stopped in 1918.^[3]

Several log and frame buildings remain in the townsite.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Rosenberg, Robert G. (July 31, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
^ "New Fork". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 16, 2008.

External links

New Fork at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sublette County, Wyoming, United States
County seat: Pinedale
Towns	Big Piney Marbleton Pinedale
CDPs	Bondurant Boulder Cora Daniel
Unincorporated communities	Calpet Halfway
Ghost towns	Bronx New Fork
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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Sublette County, Wyoming
National Historic Landmark	Upper Green River Rendezvous Site
Other historic districts	Circle Ranch Daniel School Jensen Ranch Log Cabin Motel New Fork Redick Lodge Sommers Ranch Headquarters Historic District
Other properties	Calpet Rockshelter Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library Cora Townsite Craig Cabin DDZ Bridge over New Fork River ENP Bridge over Green River Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site Fort Bonneville Green River Drift Trail Traditional Cultural Property Lander-New Fork River Crossing Steele Homestead Trappers Point Site Union Pass Wardell Buffalo Trap
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sublette County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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