Kirwin - Wyoming Ghost Town

KIRWIN

NAME: Kirwin
COUNTY: Park
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Snow in winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Accessible only in the summer.

COMMENTS: Amelia Earhart fell in love with the area and requested to have a cabin built for her! The cabin was not finished when she disappeared.
REMAINS: Church, cabins, gold shafts, work sheds, mining equipment
.

Short-lived goldand copper town. Submitted By: Matt Thelen	Kirwin Courtesy Mel Peterson The old mining complex at Kirwin, near Meeteetse at the head of Wood River valley. The town once had a population of around 200, consisting mostly of Miners. Courtesy Ryan Hill This was the Hotel Courtesy Dejah Helfrich Another View of the Hotel Courtesy Dejah Helfrich A Small Home Courtesy Dejah Helfrich Building Courtesy Dejah Helfrich Mining Machine Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

Short-lived goldand copper town.
Submitted By: Matt Thelen

Kirwin
Courtesy Mel Peterson

The old mining complex at Kirwin, near Meeteetse at the head of Wood River valley. The town once had a population of around 200, consisting mostly of Miners.
Courtesy Ryan Hill

This was the Hotel
Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

Another View of the Hotel
Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

A Small Home
Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

Building
Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

Mining Machine
Courtesy Dejah Helfrich

BACK