Lonetree Wyoming has One Original Building left

While traveling in Wyoming, I have often pointed out a lone tree off in the distance, standing against the elements. So, it is not surprising that there is/was a town called Lonetree.

Lonetree is a census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 49 at the 2010 census.

Today Lonetree is a remote community in Uinta County, nestled just north of the high Uinta Mountains.

If you are on Highway 141, you’ll see this one building, which is all that is left of the original town.

Before Europeans, this was an area that was prized by the Ute and Shoshone—who spent winters at the base of the Uinta Mountains. Fur traders and trappers found the area rich for what they were after.

The town was established in 1888, with the Lonetree Mercantile and Post Office, which served as the community’s social nerve center for decades.

The original building burned down, and an English immigrant named Herbert Joshua Gregory built a new one in 1897 that operated continuously until 1982.

If you drive by today, you’ll see that one old store that looks like it belongs in an old West town. The area is well preserved but sparsely populated. It is home to massive working properties like the historic Lonetree Ranch, encompassing thousands of acres of private, state, and BLM land, which is recognized for maintaining sustainable agricultural and conservation practices.

You can learn more, along with old photos of the town, at the Intermountain Histories website, at this link.

What is left of the town is on the far bottom west corner of Wyoming, below Fort Bridger.