By Luke Anderson
October 5, 2016
In a way, the the Wolf Hotel in Saratoga owes its existence to a particular case of rheumatism. Frederick Wolf, the founder of the hotel, suffered from achy joints and traveled to the hot springs in Saratoga for relief in 1887 (Cheung). Wolf stayed and began development on the now famous hotel. Wolf and his wife Christina came to the United States in 1875 and settled in Rawlins where Frederick worked for the railroad (Van Pelt). Nearly twenty years later, the Wolfs completed their hotel. It opened to the public in early 1894 and served passengers on the Union Pacific between Encampment and the Wolcott Junction (Van Pelt). The hotel still hosts guests over 120 years later and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. Now a hub for tourists, the Wolf Hotel is an anchor in the Saratoga community and is one of the more recognized buildings in Carbon County and southeast Wyoming.
View of west and south elevations
