Mule Creek Junction, Wyoming

[1] The southeast corner of the site has been occupied by various service stations and truck stops, the last of which was demolished (after suffering a fire - see below) in the late 1990s.

[2] The junction is located a short distance south of the Cheyenne River, and is in a typical Wyoming High Plains setting.

US 85A (shown on some early maps US 85E) followed US 18 east to Hot Springs, then headed due north via the current US 385 to Custer and Lead through the Black Hills.

It began at US 85 in the original Mule Creek Junction, about four miles west of the South Dakota state line.

[4] In 1999, a fire destroyed the convenience store, gas station, restaurant and bar in Mule Creek Junction, as well as a house.