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Grand Encampment Museum

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

Encampment, Wyoming

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Livery stable and Weber Springs FS Guard Station   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
The aerial tramway used to carry copper ore (October 2022)   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
A scrapbook page from the Lora Webb Nichols collection   Grand Encampment Museum
The museum sign (October 2022)   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
A replica of the two story outhouse   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
The blacksmith shop, Palace Bakery, and Ice Cream Parlor from 1800   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
The only building left from the nearby ghost town of Battle Lake (October 2022)   nicolab / Atlas Obscura User
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The research library features a collection of photographs and diaries by women of the American West   Grand Encampment Museum
This 16-mile long tramway was used to transport copper.   Grand Encampment Museum
View from the Slash Ridge fire tower   Grand Encampment Museum
The two-story outhouse   Grand Encampment Museum
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The Grand Encampment Museum offers visitors a way to explore what life was like in 20th-century Wyoming specifically related to the ranching, logging, and copper mining industries. The buildings on-site include a two-story outhouse (built to be accessible when snow covers the first story), old fire towers and tramways, business such as an ice cream parlor and bakery, log cabins, and an abandoned home from a ghost town nearby.

The museum also hosts the Lora Webb Nichols archive, one of the largest collections of the time and place, which contains over 20,000 photographs as well as letters and diaries showcasing what life was like for families, workers, and women in Encampment and the surrounding valley.

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The research library is available to the public upon request. You can also tour the museum's buildings online at their website.

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February 18, 2022

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