Moskee - Wyoming Ghost Town

MOSKEE

NAME: Moskee
COUNTY: Crook
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Typical Northern Rockies climate.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer.

COMMENTS: A worthwhile trip. Moskee Wyoming is located on private owned land. the road into Moskee is not a public road. and again the Homestake mining company has leveled the old site and there is nothing remaining. Chuck Davison

This ghost town is now located inside privately owned property, and is now only accessible by a four mile long trek, to a single standing building! I visited Moskee between August 23rd and the 1st of September.
REMAINS: See above
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Moskee had its beginning early in the 1900s as a lumber and sawmill town. It was first started by the McLaughlin Tie & Timber Company. However, they ceased operations in 1907. About 1921, the Homestake Mining Company developed the town as a lumbering and sawmilling community to provide timbers for the mine. A post office was opened in 1925 and a school in 1928. The population reached about 200 in the 1930s. The mill and the town were closed down during the Second World War and never reopened. Many of the buildings still remain. The town is best reached from US 85 near the Hardy Ranger Station. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.	Wildlife at Moskee, Wyoming. Courtesy Ryan Hill

Moskee had its beginning early in the 1900s as a lumber and sawmill town. It was first started by the McLaughlin Tie & Timber Company. However, they ceased operations in 1907. About 1921, the Homestake Mining Company developed the town as a lumbering and sawmilling community to provide timbers for the mine. A post office was opened in 1925 and a school in 1928. The population reached about 200 in the 1930s. The mill and the town were closed down during the Second World War and never reopened. Many of the buildings still remain. The town is best reached from US 85 near the Hardy Ranger Station. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Wildlife at Moskee, Wyoming.
Courtesy Ryan Hill

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