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Wamsutter is a town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 203 at the 2020 census. The original inhabitants of the area were the Shoshone and Ute tribes. Westerners only began to settle in the county with the coming of the railroad in the 1860s. [6] Originally, the town was known as Washakie.
The environmental impact of an estimated 350,000 pioneers and their wagon trains traveling through Wyoming between 1841 and 1868 is still visible today. In some cases, such as at Guernsey, wagon wheels wore ruts deep into solid sandstone. However, most trail ruts are less dramatic but still evidence of a people's history worn into the earth.
Even today the basin is very sparsely populated, the only incorporated town being Wamsutter, with a population of 203 at the 2020 census. Thunderstorm over the Great Divide Basin A westward traveler on Interstate 80 crosses from the Gulf of Mexico drainage to the Great Divide Basin at about 41°47′17″N 107°22′34″W / 41.788°N ...
Sweetwater County was created on December 17, 1867, as a county within the Dakota Territory. [5] The county was formed of territory partitioned from Laramie County.The county was originally named Carter County for Judge W.A. Carter of Fort Bridger [6] In 1869, the newly established legislature of the Wyoming Territory renamed the county for the Sweetwater River.
The geyser Old Faithful was named on this day in history, Sept. 18, 1870, after an explorer noticed the eruptions were quite "faithful." ... Old Faithful geyser in Wyoming is documented and named ...
Wyoming is a state in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Wyoming is the least populous state with 576,851 inhabitants but the 9th largest by land area spanning 97,093.14 square miles (251,470.1 km 2) of land. [1] Wyoming has 23 counties and 99 municipalities consisting of cities and towns. [1]
Just look at Wyoming, where women gained the right to vote all the way back in 1869, a full 20 years before the territory became the country’s 44th state in 1890, and more than 50 years before ...
Wyoming Railway: WYO 1909 1953 N/A Wyoming Central Railway: CNW: 1885 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad: Wyoming Colorado Railroad: WYCO 1987 2007 none Line scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however. Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad: 1895 1924 Wyoming and Missouri River Railway