This is linked over here as it fits in quite well with the theme of the
blog. Parco was a company town, as noted below, built by a refining
company in 1924-25. The luxury hotel was built by the company on the
then fairly new Lincoln Highway, and the town no doubt benefited as it
was also a stop on the Union Pacific. Only seven miles away from the
larger and older town of Rawlins, the Interstate Highway bypasses it and
its a remnant of its former self.
Not too many people stop at Sinclair who are just passing through. But at one time that wasn't true. And that's why the town has what was once a luxury hotel (now a Baptist church), a spacious park, really nice tennis courts, and the like. Only the sign on the hotel remains, as well as a historical monument, to remind us that Sinclair is the town's second name. It was originally Parco, a company town founded by the founder of what is now the Sinclair Refinery, the Producers & Refiners Corporation.
