Name: Bates Hole

County: Natrona

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GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1062803W

Latitude: 423023N

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Elevation: 6024/1836

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Bend

Origin of Name:

Named for Lieutenant Bates, who fought with the Indians in that part of the country in the early 1860’s. 

Source: WPA

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History:

Bates' Hole is a basin in the plains, some sixty miles long and about one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet below the general level of the surrounding country. The bottom is mainly covered with sage-brush, which is largely "sheeped out" or grazed to the wood, the hole being a favorite resort of sheep, particularly in winter and in May, when lambing. There are several "lambing outfits," with their gypsy-like camp wagons, in the Hole at the time of our visit.

Source: Chapman

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Twin Buttes

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