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Converse County was created in 1888 by the legislature of the Wyoming Territory, of area annexed from Albany and Laramie counties. [3]Converse County was named for A.R. Converse, a banker and rancher from Cheyenne, Wyoming, who was co-owner with Francis E. Warren in a large ranch in the eastern part of Converse County.
Location of Converse County in Wyoming. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Converse County, Wyoming. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Albanese, John, "Reconnaissance Geological Study of the Fetterman Mammoth Site (18CO1401) Converse County, Wyoming", Manuscript on file, Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist, Laramie, 2000 Haynes, Gary, "Sites in the Americas with Possible or Probable Evidence for the Butchering of Proboscideans", PaleoAmerica 8.3, pp. 187-214, 2022
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Converse County, Wyoming" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Wyoming State Fair is known for its rodeo and animal competitions. Also on the fairgrounds is the Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum , a collection of pioneer and Native American relics pertaining to the history of Converse County.
September 27, 1923 – near Glenrock, Wyoming, soon after the washout of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's bridge over Cole Creek, a passenger train fell through the washout, killing 30 of the train's 66 passengers. This marked the worst railroad accident in Wyoming's history.
The Glenrock Buffalo Jump is a 40-foot (12 m) high bluff in Converse County, Wyoming that was used by Native Americans as a buffalo jump. Bison were driven over the edge of the escarpment and were killed or injured by the fall, allowing the hunters to collect large quantities of meat at little hazard to themselves. Large amounts of buffalo bone ...
Wyoming Will Be Your New Home: Ranching, Farming, and Homesteading in Wyoming, 1860–1960 (Cheyenne: Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, 2011) 342 pp. Cassity, Michael. Lives Worth Living, History Worth Preserving Wyoming: A Brief History of Wyoming 1860 - 1960 (2010) Cassity, Michael.