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Castle Butte, Colores, WY, 1930

Subjects
Mountains & HillsRailroads & Trains
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Castle Butte, Colores, WY, 1930, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Castle Butte, Colores, WY, 1930, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

The card pictures Castle Butte, a layered sandstone rock formation rising above the surrounding plains at Colores, Wyoming, as named in the printed caption. It was issued as a Union Pacific System view, promoting travel and sightseeing along the railroad through southern Wyoming. The butte’s eroded, banded face and small cap of vegetation are the central subject.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Friends we are soon to go in to this state. We are having some time we reach Portland 9.30 Monday. it is snowing to day ground most covered. Bert & Lelah

PublisherBarkalow Bro's, Publishers
“ON UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM” CASTLE BUTTE, COLORES, WYO.
PostmarkedMay 17, 1930
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. & Mrs. [illegible]

Morris, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherBarkalow Bro's, Publishers
Series47443
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. & Mrs. [illegible], Morris, NY
Place depictedCastle Butte, Colores, WY
PublisherBarkalow Bro's, Publishers, Omaha, NE
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible halftone screen; promotional Union Pacific caption. Postmark: MAY 17 1930 TERM. R.P.O. Divided back, white border, C.T. American Art colored stock, 1¢ Franklin green stamp; pencil message; light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Castle Butte, Colores, WY, 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/castle-butte-colores-wy-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.