Skyline Drive-In
21697 WY-76,
Rawlins,
WY
82301
21697 WY-76,
Rawlins,
WY
82301
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A closer address is 21697 WY-76, Rawlins, WY.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
A 1975 aerial shows the drive-in intact, but it looks like it closed years earlier. By 1980, it had been totally demolished.
Today, it is a ranch with no trace of the drive-in remaining.
Billings (MT) Gazette, Sept. 16, 1953: “Carbon County authorities are investigating the dynamiting of a $12,500 sign at a drive-in theater. The Skyline Drive-In sign was wrecked sometime after the theatre closed last Friday night. Owner Bob Adams estimated the damage to the sign at $5,000. He has posted a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest of the persons damaging the sign.”
Boxoffice, April 17, 1961: “Russ Dauterman of Salt Lake City has taken over operation of the Skyline Drive-in and the Fox Theatre at Rawlings (sic), Wyo., from Fox Intermountain Theatres.”
Boxoffice, May 22, 1961: “RAWLINS, WYO. – The Three-D Theatre Co. has purchased two local theatres from the Fox Wyoming Co. and the Wyoming Amusement Corp. The purchase of the Fox Theatre and the Skyline Drive-In became effective May 3. The owners of the Three-D Theatre Co. are Russ Dauterman, … Ray Davis, … and Charles L. DuRyk … The Skyline Drive-In had been owned by the Wyoming Amusement Corp. since 1958. … Extensive improvements have been made at the Skyline Drive-In, including the remodeling of the snack bar, the installation of a new widescreen and new marquee.”
Boxoffice, March 19, 1949: “Wyoming drive-ins to be completed for spring opening include the Motor Vu, Cheyenne; Skyline, Casper; Skyline, Rawlins and West, Cody.”
From the Dec. 10, 1955 Motion Picture Herald:
Bob Adams has sold the Skyline drive-in, Rawlins, Wyo., to the Wyoming Amusement Corp. Clarence Batter will buy and book.
Found It!
The drive-in sat east of town next to State HWY 76. I could not Google map an accurate address. However, an address that is next door is 6 Diamond Rd, Rawlins, WY. The drive-in sat just to the west of that location.
The drive-in appears to have been built in 1948 or early 1949 as it appears in a 1949 aerial, but not in a 1947 aerial. It also shows up on a 1976 topo map, but not a 1981 topo map, meaning it could have closed around that time.
Today, the property appears to be half-business, half-residential with no trace of the drive-remaining.
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