Spotted Horse, Wyoming | |
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Coordinates: 44°42′30″N 105°50′6″W / 44.70833°N 105.83500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
County | Campbell |
Elevation | 4,026 ft (1,227 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MST) |
GNIS feature ID | 1597506 [1] |
Spotted Horse is an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. Its current population is two. [2] The town is on U.S. routes 14/ 16, at the head of Spotted Horse Creek, a tributary of the Powder River. The undeveloped Spotted Horse coalfield is north of town. [3]
The town was named after a Native American. Its post office closed in 1964. [4]
The Astorian expedition camped near the future Spotted Horse townsite in 1811. [5]
A small community lived at the site in the 19th century. By about 1900 Solon and George Walker established a general store and post office. A.L. Pringle established the present bar as a store and gas station in the early 1920s. A school was established in the 1920s. A dance hall was destroyed in a 1944 tornado. [6]
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