Kemmerer

Across Wyoming, few places have a past as firmly rooted in coal mining as Kemmerer. Developed as a Union Pacific coal town, it grew alongside the productive seams of southwestern Wyoming and remains closely associated with the region’s energy industry. The Hams Fork, a tributary of the Green River, runs through this high-desert corner of the state. Kemmerer also marks a milestone in American retail: James Cash Penney opened his first Golden Rule store here in 1902, beginning the business later known as JCPenney. Nearby Fossil Butte National Monument preserves Eocene fossils of fish, insects and plants from ancient Fossil Lake. Browse nearby webcams to gain a broader sense of southwestern Wyoming.

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