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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.
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.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Wind River Indian Reservation, Fort Washakie, Fremont County, WY: HAER No. WY-95, "Wind River Irrigation Project", 21 data pages; HAER No. WY-95-A, "Wind River Irrigation Project, Coolidge Canal Trout Creek Crossing Structure", 7 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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.
Dec. 21—This February, Laramie County Events and Visit Cheyenne have partnered to present two new events at the Event Center at Archer — The Frozen Fury on the Plains, a winter rodeo, and ...
U.S. Highway 320 (US 320) was part of the initial 1926 system, connecting US 20 in Shoshoni with US 87W in Riverton, Wyoming. It became Wyoming Highway 320 (WYO 320) in 1938, which was extended southwest to Lander in 1940 when US 287 (which had replaced US 87W) was realigned.
Ocean Lake is located in the U. S. state of Wyoming about 17 miles northwest of Riverton. Ocean Lake resides within the 11,505-acre Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area. [ 2 ] It is an essential breeding ground for thousands of migratory waterfowl . [ 2 ]
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