Hell On Wheels Meals

Transcontinental Railroaders chowed down on oysters and bullets.

- Sherry Monahan

Wyoming Territory became home to makeshift towns as the Union Pacific Railroad laid tracks to meet the Central Pacifi c Railroad from 1867-1869.

When railroad workers were done building one section of rail, most workers headed down the track to the next locale. Even though these towns had names, such as Green River and Laramie, they were referred to as Hell on Wheels.

Restaurants, bakeries and mercantiles opened up in tents, clapboard buildings or log cabins. Some of these Hell on Wheels towns grew into permanent cities, while others faded into history.