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Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: nakymaton on September 19, 2006, 02:04:45 pm ---LOL, Jeff. I'm trying to remember now whether I bought my Wyoming atlas for legitimate professional reasons, or whether I bought it because I was in the local backpacking store right after I read BBM. ;D
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It was funny, actually. I had an old road atlas at my own place--no Lightning Flat. Then, at Christmas, I looked at the Wyoming map in the old World Book Encyclopedia at my dad's place--no Lightning Flat. The day after Christmas, Dad and I were in Staples because he wanted to buy me a shredder (!) for Christmas. I noticed this atlas in a rack near the door. I opened it to Wyoming--voila, Lightning Flat! So I bought the atlas.  ::)  :laugh:


--- Quote ---I googled the Wind River Reservation, and found info on a couple web pages. The reservation is home to both the Eastern Shoshone and the Arapahoe people... and the fort on the reservation was the original home of the Buffalo Soldiers (of the Bob Marley song).
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OK this is almost spooking me out. Am I unconsciously/subconsciously channeling someone or something? In my latest fanfic, I gave Ennis a stallion named--Arapahoe! I had associated the Arapahoe with a location farther west than the Cheyenne historically, but swear-to-God I did not know that the Wind River Reservation was home to the tribe today.

Buffalo Soldiers = 9th U.S. Cavalry, I think.

Phillip Dampier:
I think you guys would all love Google Earth, which is free and has amazing satellite imagery all around the world.  It has been fun to explore Wyoming from the sky (and other places).  Definitely consider adding that to your exploration adventures.

Another cool place is http://www.ghosttowns.com/ which has plenty of stories and information about rural towns that are essentially no more all across the west.  I enjoyed exploring the little places across Wyoming with the stories and pictures.

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