Name: Andersonville

 

County: Hot Springs

 

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Just across the river from the Old Town of Thermopolis, the town was named for the Anderson brothers who homesteaded the land. It became a hold out for Kid Currie and the "Hole in the Wall Gang" and was deserted when Thermopolis was established.  

Source: WPA

 

Before the community of Old Thermopolis was started there was a settlement called Andersonville on the east side of the (Big Horn River). It took its name from three Anderson brothers who owned the place. Its main attractions were a restaurant, a saloon and a house of ill fame. It was a hold out for much of the lawless element of the time.

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