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Phil Nicholas (born 1955), Republican member of the Wyoming Senate, born in Lander; Sacagawea (c. 1788–c. 1884), from the Lemhi Shoshone tribe; assisted Lewis and Clark on their trek of discovery across the northwest; Todd Skinner (1958–2006), free climber, who lived in Lander as an adult to be near its dolomite cliffs
Fremont County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 39,234, making it the fifth-most populous county in Wyoming. [1] Its county seat is Lander. [2] The county was founded in 1884 and is named for John C. Frémont, a general, explorer, and politician.
Sinks Canyon State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area located in the Wind River Mountains, six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lander, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 131. The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named "the Sinks," and ...
The little used Honey Lake part of the proposed route near the present states of Nevada and California border was improved in 1859 under Lander's direction but did not go much beyond improving some watering holes—work ceased in 1860. The "Lander Road" was the first section of the federally funded road through the future states of Wyoming and ...
The following figures are as of October 1, 2009. [3]Total District Enrollment: 1,672; Student enrollment by gender. Male: 849 (50.78%) Female: 823 (49.22%) Student enrollment by ethnicity
Jackson Park Town Site Addition Brick Row is a group of three historic houses and two frame garages located on the west side of the 300 block of South Third Street in Lander, Wyoming. Two of the homes were built in 1917, and the third in 1919. The properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 2003.
Wyoming Highway 131 begins its southern end at the northern boundary of the Shoshone National Forest at Sinks Canyon State Park, hence its name Sinks Canyon Road. WYO 131 travels northeast to Lander, entering from the southwest. Upon entering, WYO 131 turns east and becomes Fremont Street before turning north onto South 5th Street. [2]
Kinnear is an unincorporated community in central Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 26 near its intersection with Wyoming Highway 133, northwest of the city of Riverton and north of the city of Lander, the county seat of Fremont County. [2] Its elevation is 5,400 feet (1,646 m). [1]