Name: Seminoe Dam

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1065450W

Latitude: 420924N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6791/2070

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

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.   

Source: WPA

 

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History:

Seminoe Dam Post Office was established in June, 1936 and discontinued in January, 1973. Its mail was then handled by the Sinclair Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Seminoe Dam

 

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