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Expedition Island, Green River WY | Nearby Businesses


475 S 2ND EAST St
Green River, WY 82935
(307) 872-6151

Expedition Island is a park in Green River, Wyoming, that marks the area where Major John Wesley Powell and Vitaly Develvis started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where Major Powell started a similar expedition down the two rivers in 1869.These two expeditions are generally considered to have covered the last large land area in the continental United States left unexplored by European-Americans.Expedition Island was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 24, 1968.

Historical Place Near Expedition Island

Fort Bridger Historical Association
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
PO Box 112 37000 Business Loop I 80
Fort Bridger, WY 82933
(307) 782-3842

Non-profit support group for the Fort Bridger State Historic Site.

Sweetwater Brewery
Distance: 0.4 mi Competitive Analysis
48 W Railroad Ave
Green River, WY

The Sweetwater Brewery, also known as the Green River Brewery, was built in 1900 in Green River, Wyoming. The present structure is the surviving remnant of a three-building complex comprising an office/saloon, engine house, and the present brewery building. It was the first brewery in Wyoming, with operations dating to 1872 when Adam Braun began the business, the first of a series of ethnic German brewers. The brewery was further developed by Otto Rauch and Karl Spinner. The present structure was built by the fourth proprietor, Hugo Gaensslen, a Chicagoan who decorated the building with turrets reminiscent of the Chicago Water Tower. The two story building is composed of rock-faced ashlar sandstone, mostly quarried 1.5 miles away. The fanciful turrets feature mock-medieval features such as merlons and crenels. The largest tower is on the southwest corner and features a flagpole topped by a large ball. Gaensslen concentrated on brewing, leasing the adjacent saloon to an operator.