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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Three Forks, Wyoming

Three Forks is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.

Three forks, locally known as Three Forks Muddy Gap, was named from its location at a fork in the road. First settled in 1935 when Highway 287 was built. Local Rancher, Robert L. Tully built a small filling station. Then in his sixties, Tully decided to retire from ranching, selling off much of his original homestead to pay for the construction of the station.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Forks, Wyoming
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Wyoming, a Guide to Its History, and People,. WPA. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-62376-049-6.