Rock Springs History From a Coal Camp to a City Chapter 10

Who was the first mayor of Rock Springs?

• Duncan Blair

• Timothy Kaumo

• William O'Donnell

• Keith West

What was the name of the first street in Rock Springs?

• South Front Street

• North Front Street

• Main Street

• Dewar Drive

What was the name of the first store on South Front Street?

• JcPenny's

• Union Pacific Store

• The Rock Mercantile

• Beckwith-Quinn Store

What store advertised that you could buy anything from a needle to an anchor?

• Beckwith-Quinn

  Store

• The Rock Mercantile

• The Stockgrower's Mercantile

• JcPenney's

What year was the Rock Springs Coal sign turned on for the first time?

• 1839

• 1929

• 1879

• 1959

What streets did people prefer to live on in the early 1900s?

• North Main St.

  South Main St.

  Ludvig St.

  B St.

• A St.

  B St.

  C St.

  D St.

• North Front St.

  South Front St.

  A St.

  B St.

• Main St.

  South Front St.

  Wyoming St.

  Dewar Dr.

What was opened on June 21, 1931, and was the busiest place in the city?,

• Beckwith-Quinn Store

• Carnegie Library

• City Hall

• Federal Post Office

What year was the Park Hotel built?

• 1915

• 1890

• 1982

• 1710

Who donated the first library?

• The Union Pacific

• Tom Kinney

• The Beckwith-Quinn Store

• Andrew Carnegie

Where was the first firehouse located?

• A small office inside the Post Office

• A two story building on North Front Street

• Inside City Hall

• A small shed on the corner of 5th St. and K St.