WINCHESTER
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NAME: Winchester COUNTY: Hot Springs ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Hot in summer. Cold in winter. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Unknown |
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| The Winchester post office (Winchester, WY)was started in 1901 by Dr. W.A. and Mercy Winchester at the mouth of Cottonwood Creek. Dr. Winchester had lost an arm during the Civil War. He did not practice medicine after coming to Wyoming, except to perform an operation on a boy accidently shot in the back. Winchester's son, Fred, came to Wyoming in about 1893 and was in the newspaper business. The family lived on Owl Creek, running the store and post office there, before starting Winchester, WY, now a ghost town. Submitted by: Echo Renner |
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