Gas stations in their heyday
The Sioux gas station in Wheatland, Wyoming on US-87. (Image Platte County Library Archives)
Conoco station in Chugwater at US-87 and WY-313. (Image Platte County Library Archives)
Service station and Garage in Chugwater on US-87, now the Chugwater Museum. (Image Platte County Library Archives)
Downtown Chugwater, Wyoming
The Tri-County Grain Company opened in 1949 on US-87 at 315 1st Street in Chugwater, Wyoming. It sold grain and feed as well as being an International Tractor dealer. (Photo Courtesy of Chugwater Museum)
The Tri-County Mercantile inhabits the same 1949 building as the Tri-County Grain Company but plans to open in the Spring of 2022 selling general merchandise from grocery to barb-wire to rifles to coffee.