Name: Hecla

 

County: Laramie

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1051024W

Latitude: 410927N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  6758/2060

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

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History:

Hecla Post Office was established in October, 1888 and discontinued in October, 1929. Mail was then handled by Granite Canon.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

 

Hecla ... a mining district on Middle Crow Creek, which has been worked at intervals since the late 1880's. Men still prospect here for copper, silver, and gold. Ruins of a brickkiln, a copper smelter, log cabins, and adobe houses are scattered near ranch buildings and corrals, surrounded by gnarled, nearly dead apple trees.

Source: Wyoming Guide

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Hecla

 

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