Manville, undated
Manville, to the west of Lusk, was a shipping point for cattle and was named after Hiram S. Manville, a co-owner with James S. Peck of the
Converse Cattle Company (the "OW"). The Converse Cattle Company, in turn, was named after
A. R. Converse, a Cheyenne banker.
City Garage, Manville, undated
F. W. Kettler's Garage, Manville, 2005. Photo by
Geoff Dobson.
Frederick William Karl Kettler (1888-1959) was originally from William Penn, Texas. Across the
street from the garage stands the old mercantile, deserted and forelorn, some windows boarded up,
others broken out with curtains blowing in
the wind.
The Mercantile, Manville, 2005. Photo by Geoff Dobson.
To the west of Manville, lies Keeline. Like Lusk and Manville, it received its
start when the Railroad came through in 1886. George A. Keeline, originally ran cattle in
Colorado in the 1870's, before he moved to Wyoming. The Keeline Ranch was headquartered in the
Thunder Basin, further to the north.
Keeline, 1915
Thrashing near Keeline, undated.
As indicated by the next photo, little remains of Keeline.
Keeline, 2005. Photo by Geoff Dobson.
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