Three Forks, Wyoming

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Three Forks, Wyoming
Unincorporated community
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Three Forks
Location within Wyoming
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Three Forks
Location within the contenental United States
Coordinates: 42°21′45″N107°26′41″W / 42.36250°N 107.44472°W / 42.36250; -107.44472
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Wyoming
County Carbon
Elevation
6,277 ft (1,913 m)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Three Forks is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. [1]

Three forks, locally known as Three Forks Muddy Gap, was named from its location at a fork in the road. [2] First settled in 1935 when Highway 287 was built. Local Rancher, Robert L. Tully built a small filling station. Then in his sixties, Tully decided to retire from ranching, selling off much of his original homestead to pay for the construction of the station.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Forks, Wyoming
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Wyoming, a Guide to Its History, and People,. WPA. p. 316. ISBN   978-1-62376-049-6.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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