Wiley

Name: Wiley

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1085754W

Latitude: 442348N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5436/1657

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Solon Lysander Wiley who established Wiley in 1907 as part of the Wiley Irrigation Project.

Source: Cook 

 

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History:

Wiley Post Office was established in September, 1906 with Solon L. Wiley as the first postmaster. It was discontinued in April, 1916 and the mail was then handled by the Cody Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice and small town in Park County. Stockraising the chief industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Oregon Basin

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Cook, Jeannie. Wiley's Dream of Empire The Wiley Irrigation Project. Cody, WY: Yellowstone Printing and Publishing, 1990.

 

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