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History
Victor Anderson originally
built the Elk Mountain
cabins in the 1940’s. He was
one of eight children (John,
Andrew, Eric, Carl, Walter,
Ruth and Elsie) born to
Margaret and Andrew Anderson
who immigrated to Wyoming
from Sweden. After working
on the Union Pacific in Rawlins
Wyoming the family settled
in Elk Mountain where Andrew
Anderson built the main
house (4 room cabin) around
the turn of the twentieth
century.
Today, about 15 miles from
the town of Elk Mountain in
the Medicine Bow National
Forest you can see the
remains of a tie hack camp
on Turpin Creek where Andrew
Anderson worked making ties
for the Union Pacific
railroad while his wife
Margaret worked as a camp
cook.
Over time most of the
Anderson’s children moved
out of the area but
Victor remained in Elk
Mountain where in the porch
of the main house he opened
a barbershop in the 1930’s.
Several years later he began
building the cabins behind
the main house that run
toward the Medicine Bow
River.
Victor lived here until his
death in 1975. His wife
Sigrid ran the cabins until
she sold the property to
John Larsen in 1996.
More details of the area can
be found in Margaret
Karstoft’s book, My Mother’s
Story, 1897-1994 From Elk
Mountain to Coyote Springs,
Wyoming. It’s available at
www.lulu.com.
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