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Rock Springs

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Rock Springs, city (1990 pop. 19,050), alt. c.6,270 ft (1,910 m), Sweetwater co., SW Wyo., on Bitter Creek; inc. 1888. It is a cattle and sheep shipping point and the center of large natural trona mines that produce soda ash. Oil and gas production, electric-power distribution, a revived coal industry, food processing, a chemical industry, and tourism are also important. Rock Springs is the gateway to many recreational areas and natural wonders, and an annual rodeo is held there. It was settled around a trading post and stage station established on the Overland Trail Overland Trail, any of several trails of westward migration in the United States. The term is sometimes used to mean all the trails westward from the Missouri to the Pacific and sometimes for the central trails only.
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Among the five slide entries, Elizabeth Pennock won with Horseshoeing at Rock Springs Ranch, and Jane Kriete, FPSA, EPSA, was runner-up with Millennium Park--Summer.
Photo story by Kropscot, Carole / PSA Journal
Western Vice President Ken Fitschen said the need for student housing is particularly vital in areas including southwest Wyoming, where an influx of oil and gas industry workers has created a full-blown housing shortage in Rock Springs.
Wyoming colleges seek $63 million in construction money by Community College Week
Rock Springs, Wyoming, was the site for the Wyoming MTA state conference, which was held June 22-24, 2006.
Northwest Division by Christensen, Kenneth / American Music Teacher
 
 
 
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