LOOK: The Chugwater Mercantile Total Transformation Is Astounding

There was not much left of old Chugwater, Wyoming.

The interstate ran people by it in an 80-mile-an-hour rush.

The train stopped dropping off travellers.

Chugwater's tiny downtown was closed up, save for the soda fountain.

The old Mercantile was just an empty building that appeared to only have a couple of years left in it.

Then a new generation got busy and made it worth pulling off the highway to see how Wyoming used to look, just a few generations ago.

Chugwater's Tri-County-Mercantile has had another inside facelift, bringing back what old town stores used to be all about.

Back then, a local store was about more than just picking up groceries.