Name: Hams Fork Plateau

 

County: Lincoln

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104217W

Latitude: 415636N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7533/2296

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Area

 

Origin of Name:

Name dates from 1824, date of the Ashley expedition; named after one of his men. Oldest settlement in this section, two miles west of Kemmerer.

Source: WPA 

 

Other Names: Hams Fork Mountains

 

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History:

On the west there are twelve considerable tributaries from the state of Wyoming. ... Black Fork, a large mountain stream, and its tributary, Ham's Fork, were well known to the trappers. Both names date from Ashley's time, but it is uncertain for whom they were given.

Source: Chittenden, American Fur Trade

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Kemmerer Reservoir

 

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