Fort Bridger
Established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez, Fort Bridger was one of the most important stops on the Oregon Trail. In 1855 the fort was purchased by Mormons who were the ones using the trail the most at the time.... ghosttowns.com
South Pass City
Gold was discovered in a creek called Sweetwater about 1842 and the settlement of South Pass City came into being. Indian raids by the Sioux or Cheyenne were frequent and killed many of the settlers. The raids were sparke... ghosttowns.com
Piedmont
Piedmont was established near the small Union Pacific railroad station of Byrne in 1869 and was later renamed to Piedmont. Soldiers from nearby Fort Bridger frequented this towns saloons. There was a general store, two st... ghosttowns.com
Lewiston
Site on Strawberry Creek was site of a Pony Express Station in 1861. Town founded in mid-1870's--gold, silver, some copper ore found here. People lived here into the 1890's but the mines played out, though some would-be m... ghosttowns.com
Van Tassell
Van Rensselaer Schuyler Van Tassell had acquired the land surrounding his namesake village by marrying one of his five wives and treated the community like an illegitimate child. He ignored the town and its residents and ... ghosttowns.com
Winton
Coal mining town, abandoned 1950's. See Ghost Towns Wyo. book. Submitted by: Al Herbruger Directions: Go approx 10.5 miles north on 191N, turn right onto County Road 4-18, this road forks, you want to bear right at the fo... ghosttowns.com
Piedmont, Wyoming
Piedmont, located southeast of Evanston, was settled about 1867 to provide railroad ties for the Union Pacific Railroad. Moses Byrne built several kilns here for producing charcoal, and Charles Guild established one of th... waymarking.com
Arland
Started in 1884 by Frenchman, Victor Arland, the town of Arland consisted of a store, saloon, restaurant, storehouse, stable, cabins, hotel, and dance hall. Rose Williams ran a house of ill repute. In 1886, the government... ghosttowns.com
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
The town was founded in 1931, and was originally little more than a crossroads called "Home on the Range." In 195, the Lost Creek Oil and Uranium Company obtained mineral rights in the area, at about the same time that a ... waymarking.com
Hiland (Walton)
The barren community, a map speck, - Hiland, Natrona County was at first named Wolton, and was then changed to be named after the local Poison Creek once a large shipping station for wool was constructed at the Town site ... ghosttowns.com
Jay Em
Jay Em received it's name sake from the initials of the local land and prosperous ranch owner Jim Moore, who sold his property to ranch tycoon, Van Tassell. Jay Em is an early 20th century agricultural community typical o... ghosttowns.com
Jeffrey City
Jeffrey City, Wyoming, unlike 19th-century counterparts its origin was the atomic bomb. Cold War uranium mining built the city in the early 1950s, but Three Mile Island and Chernobyl killed it 30 years later. Sixty miles ... ghosttowns.com
Cambria
Coal minimg town. Abandoned when mines became uneconomical to operate. SUBMITTED BY: Bruce McDonald Cambria had its beginning in 1887. Its purpose was to supply coal to the western lines of the Chicago, Burlington & Quinc... ghosttowns.com
Monarch
Monarch is located off of Highway 90 North west of Sheridan. You will see the exit signs to Acme and that is where you would turn. Monarch is on the left side of the highway. The only thing left there is a beautiful old c... ghosttowns.com
Medicine Bow
Medicine Bow got its start as a railroad town when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads were laying track across the plains of Wyoming. The railroads needed a site where water could be made available for train ... ghosttowns.com
Glencoe
Glenco lasted to as recently as 1940. Its find wasn't gold, silver or copper. It was coal. The discovery came about as a result of an expedition launched in 1822, which had an enormous impact on the history of the West. T... ghosttowns.com
Encampment
The town received its name as it was the site where Indians and trappers would meet each summer to barter. Because the weather during the summer was mild, only tents were required for shelter. All this happened prior to t... ghosttowns.com
Cora
Located approximately 10 miles northwest of Pinedale, the tiny village was named after Cora House. The Cora post office, the first building to be erected in the village was first established in the late 1890's. The post o... ghosttowns.com