Name: Basin

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: Basin (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1080220W

Latitude: 442248N

 

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Elevation: 3878/1182

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Called Basin City because it lies in the Big Horn Basin and is the oldest city in the Basin country. In 1897, Basin was a town of some dozen residents living in dugouts and tents.  

Source: WPA

 

Located in the heart of the Big Horn Basin from which it derives its name.

Source: Annals 14(2)

 

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History:

Basin Post Office was established on September 30, 1896 with Charles F. Judkins as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Incorporated town of 1,400 people, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Situated on the Big Horn River, near the center of and being the county seat of Big Horn County. Has two newspapers, two banks, two lumber years, five general stores, two hardware stores, two furniture stores, dry good store, grocery, clothing, drug store, jewelry, two meat markets, saloons, blacksmith and carpenter shops, three hotels, restaurants, doctors, lawyers and other lines of business. Excellent building stone quarried near town and a brick yard right at hand. Abundance of good coal adjacent affording cheap fule. Natural gas for light and heat. Waterworks with steam pump and 100,000 gallon reservoir, furnishing pure water. Electric light. Excellent sewer system. Good schools, two churches and the usual secret and benevolent societies. Basin is most substantially built. Many brick and stone business blocks and residences and modern frame structures. The site is unexcelled, being on a gentle slope, affording good drainage and insuring a healthful condition. The surrounding industries are principally agriculture and live stock, and persons engaged in these lines are very prosperous. Canals are now built which place under cultivation large bodies of fertile land adjacent to Basin, which may be acquired at moderate prices and on easy terms. A live commercial club, whose members will tell intending setters, visitors or investors of the advantages of the town and region.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Greybull South

 

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