Name: Seminoe

County: Carbon

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Basil La Jeunesse, said to have been a descendant of Gabriel La Jeunesse, of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s immortal “Evangeline”, established a trading post in Sweetwater County in 1858. Basil La Jeunesse was widely known and was called “Cineneau.” It is from Cineneau that the Seminoe Mountains derive their name.   

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Seminoe Post Office was established in September, 1885 and discontinued in March, 1894. Its mail was then handled by the Ferris Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

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