Welcome to Moffat County ~ The Real West
Posted by: brwhiz
N 40° 16.390 W 109° 03.062
12T E 665703 N 4459899
This Welcome Sign is on the south side of US Highway 40 as you leave Utah and enter Colorado.
Waymark Code: WMGAQJ
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2013
Views: 1
From Wikipedia:
Moffat County was created out of the western portion of Routt County on February 27, 1911. The county was named for David H. Moffat, a Colorado tycoon who died in 1911. His railroad, the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, attempted to build a route from Denver to Salt Lake City. In 1913, a reorganized railroad, the Denver & Salt Lake, reached as far as Craig, the county seat, but no further