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Mileva Maravic remembers Prohibition in Gebo, Wyoming

Posted on February 5, 2018 by ahcadmin

The coal-mining town of Gebo was established in 1907 about twelve miles north of Thermopolis in Hot Springs County. It was named after Samuel Wilford Gebo who established the Owl Creek Coal Company and the first mine in the area after … Continue reading →

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Mileva Maravic remembers Gebo, Wyoming

Posted on November 26, 2017 by ahcadmin

110 years ago, the coal-mining town of Gebo was established about twelve miles north of Thermopolis in Hot Springs County. The town took its name from Samuel W. Gebo, an entrepreneurial developer of the coal mines in Washakie and Hot … Continue reading →

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