John F. Patterson founded Pinedale in 1904 after proposing the establishment of a town along Pine Creek in western Wyoming. Patterson offered to build and stock a general store if local ranchers Charles Petersen and Robert Graham would donate five acres each for the site. Petersen and Graham agreed to this plan; a surveyor was hired; and Pinedale�named after the post office on Petersen�s ranch�was officially established. Free town lots were offered to early settlers; and Pinedale was incorporated in 1912; becoming the farthest incorporated town from a railroad; and later from a major highway; in the country. The community survived in fierce isolation; and the townspeople originally made their living supplying the ranchers; outfitters; and tie hacks. Ranching and tourism helped sustain Pinedale from the beginning; and in the 1990s; the community underwent a fundamental change with the introduction of natural-gas mining in the area. Pinedale residents continue to live and thrive on this harsh but beautiful land.
#2749854 in eBooks 2001-10-09 2001-10-09File Name: B009CD15KK
Review
