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Carbon County was organized in 1868, one of the five original counties in Dakota Territory. [3]Originally about 3,400 square miles (8,800 km 2) near the center of Wyoming, Carbon County was once part of the Spanish Empire, then part of the Republic of Texas (1835-1845) and part of the State of Texas until 1852 when the northernmost part of that state's claims were ceded to the US government.
November 22, 2010 [1] The J.O. Ranch Rural Historic Landscape is a historic area that incorporates the J.O. Ranch, established in 1885 in Carbon County, Wyoming. The ranch operated under the Spanish tradition of low-altitude winter ranch and high-altitude summer range. The ranching operation expanded greatly after the hard winter of 1886-87 ...
56-63900 [ 5 ] GNIS feature ID. 1593213 [ 6 ] Website. www.rawlins-wyoming.com. Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,221 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. [ 7 ] It was named for Union General John Aaron Rawlins, who camped in the locality in 1867.
Saratoga is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. [5] The population was 1,702 at the 2020 census.. Saratoga is the home of the Steinley Cup microbrew festival and competition, [6] usually held in August at Veterans Island Park, a playground and picnic facility on a small island in the North Platte River, which is designated a Blue Ribbon Stream by the Wyoming Game and Fish ...
307. FIPS code. 56-51575 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1591446 [5] Website. www.medicinebow.org. Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 284 at the 2010 census.
1589288 [5] Hanna is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 683 at the 2020 census. The town was started as a coal supply location for the Union Pacific Railroad. Much of the old town is built on top of the former workings of the Hanna No. 4 mine. [6]
As of 2017, Wyoming remained heavily dependent on the coal industry, from which derived 40% of U.S. coal. [10] With public support, the state government eliminated its sales-and-use tax exemption for utility-scale renewable-energy equipment in 2009 and imposed a $1 per megawatt-hour tax on wind power in 2010. [2]
12000291 [1] The Muddy Creek Archeological Complex is an archeological location Carbon County, Wyoming. The complex's three sites are dated to the Late Plains Archaic period. Stone points place the users of the site in the Besant Cultural Complex, representing one of the southernmost Besant sites. The sites were was bison hunting and processing ...