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South Pass City State Historic Site

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South Pass City, WY

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HAUNTING / GHOSTFounded 1867Ghost town / state historic siteRESTRICTEDDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

A gold-mining town founded in 1867 that once held around 2,000 residents and was central to early Wyoming women's-suffrage history; the state acquired the site in 1966 and preserves some two dozen original buildings.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Visitors and staff recount ghost-town legends, including a miner figure known as "Black-Eyed Joe" near the Carissa Mine and sounds in the store and schoolhouse.

VISITING

Open seasonally to the public as a state historic site.

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EXTERNAL RESOURCES

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