West — Town filing

Towns with a file in Wyoming

The Wyoming files include 11 communities — towns, villages and districts filed under a single reputation. Some kept the name but not the people; others keep both, the reports repeated by residents who live inside them. The filing is geographic; the claims, as always, are reported rather than endorsed.

11 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsKirwin — deepest file

Also filed under town:Washington9 Arizona8 Illinois7 Colorado6 Montana6 Kansas5 North Carolina5 Louisiana4

Other Wyoming filings:Sites30 Ghost towns6 Hotels4

Kirwin

Meeteetse, Wyoming

The 1905 silver camp—where the avalanche took the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Miner’s Delight

Atlantic City, Wyoming

The 1867 gold camp—where the cabin in the gulch stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Dubois

Dubois, Wyoming

The tie-hack town—where the badlands meet the mountains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Gebo

The coal town—where the company houses stand empty.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lost Cabin

Lysite, Wyoming

The 1900 oil camp—where the gusher killed the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Shoshoni

Shoshoni, Wyoming

The railroad town—where the Yellowstone Highway begins.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Riverton

Riverton, Wyoming

The 1906 town—where the irrigation made the desert bloom.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lander

Lander, Wyoming

The 1884 town—where the first ascent of the Wind River began.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cody

Buffalo Bill’s town—where the show never ended.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Casper

Casper, Wyoming

The oil town—where the Sandbar and the dead are remembered.

Thermopolis

Thermopolis, Wyoming

The world’s largest mineral hot spring—the terraces.

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