Most People Have Long Forgotten About This Vacant Ghost Town In Rural Wyoming
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Kim Magaraci
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Wyoming’s history is filled with stories from the Oregon Trail and Bozeman Trail as Americans made their way across the country seeking their fortune and land. Along the way, many little towns popped up and prospered for a few years before being abandoned when the mines dried up, or conditions got too hostile. One such town is South Pass City, and today it lies abandoned at the foot of the Windy River Range.
The population swelled to 2,000, and one of the newcomers was Esther Hobart Morris, who convinced a Wyoming representative to add a women's suffrage clause into the territory's constitution. It passed, and in 1869, Wyoming became the first place in America where women could legally vote.
When the local gold mines dried up, Wyomingites abandoned the town and moved either farther along the Oregon Trail, or settled in the wild of Wyoming. By the late 1800s, the town was nearly empty, and in 1949, the last Pioneer family left town.
When the local gold mines dried up, Wyomingites abandoned the town and moved either farther along the Oregon Trail, or settled in the wild of Wyoming. By the late 1800s, the town was nearly empty, and in 1949, the last Pioneer family left town.
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Just a few history buffs have moved back into town to help maintain and preserve the historic location.
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This ghost town has been preserved by the Bureau of Land Management and is open to visitors as well!
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