Editing Green River, Wyoming (section)

==History==
[[File:CitadelRockGreenRiverWyoming1868.jpg|thumb|left|Construction of railroad bridge over Green River, 1868]]
The townsite of Green River, [[Dakota Territory]] was platted by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in 1867. Although the [[Wyoming Territory|Territory of Wyoming]] was created on July 25, 1868, the Town of Green River was incorporated on August&nbsp;21,1868 under the laws of the previous Territory of Dakota since the laws of the Wyoming Territory had yet to be written. The Town of Green River was re-incorporated on June&nbsp;10, 1891 under the laws of the [[Wyoming|State of Wyoming]] to remove any ambiguity.

The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] reached Green River on October 1, 1868, and was supposed to be the site of a division point for the railroad. Railroad officials were surprised to find that a town of 2000 residents and permanent adobe buildings had been established there, likely requiring costly negotiations for railroad land. They moved the division point {{convert|12|mi|km}} west, creating the town of [[Bryan, Wyoming|Bryan]], on the [[Blacks Fork|Blacks Fork of the Green River]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wyoming Has The Country’s Only Known Animal Shelter Gas Chambers |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/11/05/wyoming-has-the-countrys-only-known-animal-shelter-gas-chambers/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Cowboy State Daily |language=en}}</ref> Just when Green River was on the verge of becoming a [[ghost town]], Blacks Fork dried up during a drought and the railroad was forced to move the division point back to Green River to ensure adequate water for its [[steam locomotive]]s. Bryan became the ghost town.

On May&nbsp;24, 1869, [[John Wesley Powell]] launched the [[Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869|Powell Geographic Expedition]] from Green River.

On November&nbsp;16, 1931, the Town of Green River passed the [[Green River Ordinance]] that prohibited door-to-door selling.<ref>[http://www.cityofgreenriver.org/pages/165 City of Green River - Railroad Workers Demand Protection of Their Daytime Sleep] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218094304/http://www.cityofgreenriver.org/pages/165 |date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref> Other towns across the country would adopt the ordinance.
{{wide image|GreenRiver1919.jpg|1000px|Green River, 1919}}