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The city, founded in 1906, [5] is an incorporated entity of the state of Wyoming. The community was named Riverton because of the four rivers that meet there. [6] The town was built on land ceded from the Wind River Indian Reservation, a situation that often makes it subject to jurisdictional claims by the nearby Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.
The winter weather even reached the West Coast, with snowfall of 3.7 inches in downtown San Francisco setting an all-time record on February 5, 1887. [2] The loss of livestock was not discovered until spring, when many cattle carcasses were spread across the fields and washed down streams.
It is 8 miles (13 km) from the center of Arapahoe (at the Arapahoe School) northeast to the center of Riverton, via Rendezvous Road. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Arapahoe CDP has a total area of 27.8 square miles (72.1 km 2 ), of which 27.6 square miles (71.6 km 2 ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2 ), or 0.68%, is water.
In 2008, the beef industry brought in around $599 million. The beef industry is the largest commodity in Wyoming. [3] According to The Western Regional Science Association, in 2001, livestock sales brought in 652.7 million pounds of beef and 31.2 million pounds of sheep and lamb. Sheep ranchers in 2007 brought in 3,124,299 pounds of wool.
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Riverton was laid out in 1887, and was named after its location on the Wabash River. [4] A post office was established at Riverton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.
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Edwards Communications, based in nearby Riverton, Wyoming, operates two radio stations from a tower on Copper Mountain. KDNO 101.7 FM is licensed to Thermopolis, while KWYW 99.1 FM is licensed to Lost Cabin. When the stations moved their studio location to Main Street in Riverton, both KWYW and KDNO also received upgrades at the time. [11]