the Old Rock Church

The Rock Church was the first building constructed in the newly surveyed town site of Auburn WY in 1889.

On our way to the Auburn Fish Hatchery we drove through town and I photographed the Stone Church. My dad frequently reminded us that when Indians threatened to attack early settlers they locked themselves in the Rock Church for protection. The clapboard LDS church in which we used to hold Hillyard family reunions has been torn down. The much newer Auburn church building is now on 1156 Wy State Highway 237 closer to Grover. I love this tidbit I learned from a small history of Auburn. "Heavy snows made Star Valley a great place to 'hole up' in the winter. Using alias names Butch Cassidy and his partners were occasionally seen at church socials and dances held at the Old Rock Church." Town of Auburn by Ilia Wilkes