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Torrington is a city in, and the county seat, of Goshen County, Wyoming in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 6,501 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Eastern Wyoming College, and is the surrounding region's center of commercial activity. Within this primarily agricultural community, there are several fertilizer plants, a sugar factory, and numerous tourist facilities and retail businesses that serve the local and nearby rural populations.〔(Goshen County Chamber of Commerce Homepage )〕 ==History== Situated on the historic Oregon Trail along the banks of the North Platte River, Torrington was founded in 1889 by W.G. Curtis (1857-1913), and named by him for his home town of Torrington, Connecticut. Originally a watering and coaling station for the CB&Q Railroad, which began passenger service in 1900, the growing city soon became the main source of civilization for nearby farmers and ranchers. In 1905, the first bridge was constructed over the North Platte River, which it had previously been necessary to ford.〔(Wyoming Tales & Trails )〕 With a post office (established in 1889, Curtis serving as Postmaster), by 1908 the town had a bank, three general stores, a pharmacy with a soda fountain, a land office, and two hotels (for one of which the building, although modified, still exists at 1841 Main Street.)〔Gingles, John - "Lucky Roots: My Good Fortune to Grow Up in Wyoming", from ''A Personal Memoir'', Washington, D.C., 2007.〕 It soon became a central place of trade for Goshen County, and for surrounding areas in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska.〔 Situated on the North Platte River in eastern Wyoming near the Nebraska border, the town site was surveyed in April 1900, by Ashland B. Smith of the Lincoln Land Company of Nebraska, and in June 1900, individual plots of the land were sold to residents for one dollar each by CB&Q. Torrington was incorporated in 1908, and by 1910, it had achieved a population of 155. A newspaper, ''(The Torrington Telegraph )'' (which was still published in 2015) was established in 1911.〔 Also in 1911, Goshen County was officially organized.〔 The County was created from what had previously been a portion of the northern end of Laramie County. The towns of Torrington and nearby Lingle—some 10 miles away—both competed for designation as the county seat. Torrington ultimately prevailed, and was selected, after Torrington residents were able to raise sufficient funds for a construction of a courthouse. The cornerstone for the courthouse was set in 1913, during a ceremony where a band played, conducted by Hi Yoder—from whose family the nearby town of Yoder, Wyoming, takes its name.〔 Also by that time, early motor cars started showing up in town, the Goshen County Fair Association had been established, and in 1915 Torrington had a population of 443. In 1919, the Trail Hotel building, which still exists at 2001 Main Street, was constructed. In 1925, the Union Pacific Railroad based in Omaha constructed a spur line from Cheyenne to South Torrington, to serve the proposed Holly Sugar Corporation plant which began operations in 1926.〔 The large, 24-hour Holly Sugar factory was still operating in 2015 as a major employer for the Torrington area, and the preserved historic Union Pacific Depot building now houses the (Goshen County Homesteaders Museum ).〔 The (Torrington Livestock Commission ), established in 1934, still held twice-weekly livestock auctions in 2015. It is the largest livestock auction operation and barn in Wyoming, and ranks as the third to fifth largest livestock auction in the United States. Drawing cattle from a nine-state region (Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana and the bulk of Wyoming) the Torrington livestock auction barn attracts buyers from all over the nation. And, as of 2011, Goshen County ranked number one in Wyoming for its cattle inventory.〔Zimmer, Vickie - "Goshen County, Wyoming", WyoHistory.org: The Online Encyclopedia of Wyoming History, Wyoming State Historical Society.() Retrieved 2015-06-30〕〔(Torrington Livestock Commission ) Retrieved 2015-06-30〕 Today, when traveling between Torrington and Guernsey, Wyoming, motorists will be following the path of the historic Oregon and Mormon Trail as they make their way along the banks of the North Platte River passed the site of the 1854 Grattan Massacre near Lingle, and passed the historic western 19th-Century U.S. Army Cavalry outpost, Fort Laramie National Historic Site.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torrington, Wyoming」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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