Atlantic City, Wyoming


		Atlantic City, Wyoming We are staying in Lander, Wyoming at their FREE City Park campground where they offer dry camping sites. You can not beat FREE camping. We like Lander, Wyoming and their free city park camping area. The is the sign you see when leaving SR-28 in Wyoming on your way to Atlantic City We were traveling west on Wyoming SR-28 on our way to Atlantic City and South Pass City. This is the sign that greeted us at our turn off SR-23. If you are RV'ers note that there are two BLM campgrounds nearby. Atlantic City Road......yes the road to Atlantic City, Wyoming is gravel Gravel roads like Atlantic City Road are common in Wyoming. Actually they are just fine especially since this area does not get much rain. Atlantic City BLM Campground near Atlantic City, Wyoming In this area, as in most, BLM Campgrounds are on the Self Service Pay System. Atlantic Gulch BLM Campground near Atlantic City, Wyoming Big Atlantic Gulch BLM Campground is one of two within a few miles of each other. Actually, they may be less than a mile apart, and both of them are on the Atlantic City Road. Atlantic City, Wyoming population about 57 Population about 57......give or take. Don't you just love it. Atlantic City, Wyoming gate leading to private property Typical Atlantic City residence. Building in Atlantic City, Wyoming This is probably an Atlantic City residence but I do not know that for sure. Atlantic City, Wyoming is located on a gold-bearing vein. In the fall of 1868 mines literally surrounded Atlantic City. The mines supported a thriving business community consisting of normal businesses plus sawmills and blacksmith shops. Atlantic City had beer breweries and one of the Wyoming Territory's first public schools. Boom rapidly let to bust and the town faltered. A French capitalist, Emile Granier, revived mining interests in the late 1880's and early 1890's with a short-lived hydraulic mining operation. The early 1900's saw another boom as a New York firm constructed the Dexter Mill, a large modern milling and recovery facility in Atlantic City. Like the other attempts it met with failure also. During the Great Depression a dredge operation was an exceedingly profitable operation and a blessing to a depressed local economy. The scars are still visible from that dredge operation. Today, Atlantic City is a community of resilient souls where modern homes coexist with historic log cabins in one of Wyoming's oldest cities. Atlantic City, Wyoming stash of firewood This Atlantic City resident has a stash of firewood at the ready to get him through a COLD Wyoming winter. Atlantic City, Wyoming log cabin Atlantic City, Wyoming home Wild Bill's Guns Atlantic City, Wyoming Wild Bill's Guns in Atlantic City, Wyoming Gold is no longer the big attraction in Atlantic City. It appears Wild Bill's Guns is the largest business in town. The old Carissa Gold Mine near Atlantic City, Wyoming Two men & two horses near Atlantic City, Wyoming We stopped and talked to these two men. One of their horses had come up lame because of a rock bruise. They were traveling the Continental Divide and were headed north into the Wind River Range. They told us they had started their journey in Rock Springs a week or so ago. Today they were headed into Atlantic City for a bath. They joked about smelling so bad their horses might run off. They wanted a hotel room with hot water and some decent food. I do not remember how far they planned to travel on the Continental Divide Trail but they were certainly headed into some rugged country after they left here. If you are a bit confused about the location we are only about 10-miles from the Continental Divide at South Pass. And to answer your question that "South Pass" would be the same South Pass that wagon trains on the Oregon Trail crossed over. Click here for more Wyoming travellogs Until next time remember how good life is. Mike & Joyce Hendrix More Wyoming Adventures Adventures by State More 2010 Travel Adventures Mike & Joyce Hendrix Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. If you do you might be interested in some of our other Travel Adventures: Mike & Joyce Hendrix's home page Home Travel Adventures by Year Travel Adventures by State Plants Marine-Boats Geology Exciting Drives Cute Signs RV Subjects Miscellaneous Subjects We would love to hear from you......just put "info" in the place of "FAKE" in this address: FAKE@travellogs.us Until next time remember how good life is.