Editing Granger, Wyoming (section)

==Early history: 1834–1868==
Although the population has always been small, the site is located at the intersection of the [[Oregon Trail]] and the [[Overland Trail|Overland Stage Trail]] and it was chosen for a [[stage coach]] station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoming.untraveledroad.com/Sweetwater/Granger.htm|title=About Granger|publisher=Untraveled Road}}</ref> The station, which was built of stone and [[adobe]] in 1856, was in operation when [[Mark Twain]] passed through, and still stands today.<ref name= station >{{cite web|url=http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/SiteInfo.aspx?siteID=22|title=Granger Stage Station Historic Site|publisher=Wyoming State Parks|access-date=December 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823080512/http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/SiteInfo.aspx?siteID=22|archive-date=August 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Pony Express]] used this station<ref name=map>{{cite map |title=Official State Highway Map of Wyoming |publisher=Wyoming Department of Transportation |year=2014 |accessdate = }}</ref> as a stopover in 1861-62. Later, in 1868, it became a stop on the railroad, which was when it started to be called Granger.<ref name= station />

The area of what is present-day Granger had significance to the [[mountain men]] who trapped in the early years of the American West.  It was chosen as the site of their annual [[Rocky Mountain Rendezvous|rendezvous]] in 1834<ref name=map /> (the rendezvous was still somewhat spread out, as each supplier set up camp at different location along the river).<ref name= rendezvous /> The [[American Fur Company]], among other suppliers, were present, and American Indians and trappers traded furs for goods. Several weeks were spent recounting events from the previous year and reveling in assorted amusements, while lubricated with liquor.  The records show that the event occurred at the junction of the Hams Fork and Blacks Fork rivers.<ref name=rendezvous>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous_sites.htm#1834 |publisher=furtrapper.com |title=Mountain Man Rendezvous Sites |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044610/http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous_sites.htm |archivedate=November 15, 2012 }}</ref>