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11) Kemmerer
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Established in 1897, incorporated in January of 1899, and located in southwest Wyoming, Kemmerer has been a coal-mining community for over 100 years. Kemmerer became the county seat for Lincoln County in 1911 when Uinta County, one of Wyoming's original five counties, was divided. James Cash Penney opened the first J. C. Penney store in Kemmerer on April 12, 1902. During the 1920s, the Kemmerer area became a large center for moonshining and a large...
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"The Wyoming Blue Book series chronicles the history of the state's government from it's beginning as a territory in 1869 through the end of 2007. These volumes contain photographs and biographies of the 5 elected officials, national congressmen and state legislators, election results, county statistics, mineral histories, a history of the Wind River Reservation and much more. Each book has been digitized and is fully keyword searchable using Adobe...
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A historic and folkloric path that meandered from Canada to Mexico, the Outlaw Trail was used by outlaws such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the James brothers. Following existing Western routes such as the Oregon Trail, the highway connected towns and natural hideouts essential for bandits escaping the law. Some in Western communities were sympathetic toward the outlaws. Many, like Cassidy, were seen as Robin Hoods, fighting for common
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