Name: Deaver

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: Deaver (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1083552W

Latitude:445319N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4111/1253

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name: 

The town of Deaver was named for D. Clem Deaver, who was immigration commissioner for the Burlington Railroad. Its existence began in 1918, when the Bureau of Reclamation started construction work on the Frannie division of the Shoshone project.

Source: Wasden

 

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History:

Deaver Post Office was established on March 16, 1916 with Irwin B. Hosig as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Deaver is a thriving reclamation town situated in the northwestern part of Big Horn County, closely skirting the boundary line between Big Horn and Park County. It is a centrally located trading point for settlers on the Frannie division of the Shoshone Reclamation Project. This place was well known for the shipping of alfalfa hay, sugar beets, small grains, potatoes, beans, in addition to shipping honey and raising large quantities of turkeys.  

Source: WPA

 

Postoffice and incorporated town in Big Horn County, 80 miles southeast of Basin, the county seat. Under the Shoshone Irrigation Project. Farming is the principal industry. Population 300. Altitude 4,100 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Frannie

 

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