Rock Creek, Wyoming Territory, was established in 1867. It flourished for 32 years until 1899 when it was virtually abandoned. The entire town's acreage and buildings are now a privately owned ghost town.

The Overland Trail Stagecoach Company established a station near the site which would become Rock Creek in 1860. The town grew up around and because of the station. At its height, the town boasted five saloons, two hotels, a post office, stagecoach station, two mercantiles, a Union Pacific railroad depot, stockyards and a school but no churches. The thing that brought about the height of the town's success also brought about its death...the railroad. With the coming of the railroad, the stagecoaches eventually went out of business. They were the lifeline for many people who began to trickle out of the town. The more self-sufficient the railroad became, the less it needed the town and the town suffered and faded away.

Industry in the town began with a few hunters and a trading post-type place and eventually saw coal mines, pits of a clay-like deposit called bentonite (used in cosmetics), factories which made rails and parts for railroad cars and engines, stockyards which could ship 100 cars of cattle in one day and timber mills, among other everyday industries.

Problems with Native American tribes who resented the encroachment and theft of their hunting grounds and territories by the white settlers began immediately and continued into the 1880s. There were times of peace, such as nearly all of the 1850s, after peace treaties were signed. But always the treaties would be broken by white settlers who believed they had the right to take what they wanted even though it wasn't theirs. And they put people behind bars for that now. Ironic. The major tribes that occupied what would become Wyoming were the Shoshone, Arapahoe and Crow.

Our game will begin in 1868. The stagecoach will be in the full glory days of its passenger and freight business. The town is a nice size but hasn't boomed yet. This is where our game will differ a bit from actual history. In this game, the stage will not close. The railroad can't go everywhere, right? And the town will continue on, unfazed.

Come join us in Rock Creek and experience the Old West!

Bump!

Bump! We are growing!

Bumping! Got a great little community growing! Just a bunch of regular folks but those are the best kind! Come join us if you like the Old West and pioneer stuff. We'd love to have you!

Bumping.  Still looking for those who want to explore the Wild West!

Still recruiting for fun in the Wild West.  Cowboys, Indians, former Union and Confederte soldierrs, immigrants looking for a new home... come and join in!

The stagecoach is willing to bring more people into our booming town.  Come and recover from the Civil War, or just look for a new adventure, a place to be in charge of your destiny.  Come one, come all!

Our town is growing; we'd love to see some new faces there to make us bigger!

Come along... Westward Ho!

Still looking for plenty of settlers, former soldiers, Indians...come aboard the train to Rock Creek!

All aboard the train for settlers, farmers, unsavory curs, and so much more in Rock Creek, Wyoming!

Saddle up and come on out.  We have gunslingers, settlers, rich and poor, cowboys and Indians.  Check us out and join in the fun!

Always looking for new faces to come out to Rock Creek and find a brand new life, where you can recover from the war.

Excuse me while I whip this out... and invite everyone to be part of our Rock Creek experience!

The stagecoach is ready to go, and the train waits for its passengers to settle in.  All aboard for Rock Creek!  Don't miss your train or stagecoach!

Our town is really starting to grow, so come on over and be a part of building the wild west!

We're starting up a brand new day, so come along and join in.  Start a business, hire on at a ranch, all sorts of things are avaiable that we'd love to see you build.

Come one, come all, from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, or across the waters.  Feel free to build a brand new life here in Rock Creek.

Railroad's a coming to town.  Will you be on it?  All aboard!