Name: Crook County

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name: Crook County (Wyo.) 

 

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Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:

Named for General George H. Crook, the Indian fighter.

Source: Gannett, 1905 

 

Named for General George Crook, of the United States Army, who crushed the Indians of the Northwest, after the defeat and death of General Custer, at their hands. Organized in 1875. County Seat is in Sundance.

Source: WPA

 

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