Cowley, Wyoming
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N 44° 52.586 W 108° 27.756
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Cowley, Wyoming welcome sign is on Hwy. 310/789 just 800 meters south of Main Street.
Waymark Code: WMW88B
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2017
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Cowley is a small community with a population of 655 residents and is at an elevation of 3976 feet.
The Cowley Welcome sign shows a covered wagon crossing the prairies to settle in and around Cowley. Cowley is approximately 25 km SE of the Montana border.
"Cowley History
The town of Cowley was settled by a group of Mormon pioneers called to settle Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. The town was named in honor of Matthias F. Cowley their founder, one of the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time. In February 1900, a group of explorers were sent by the Church, to find a suitable location for a colony in Northern Wyoming. The group met with William F. Cody, who had a permit from the state of Wyoming to build an irrigation canal. The first company of pioneers arrived in the area on May 2, 1900, and began the construction of the Sidon Canal to bring water to the town from the Shoshone River. The canal was over 30 miles long and was not completed until 1904.
By winter 1900, there were approximately 18 log houses built in the area. The first school was opened in a log house in January 1901 and on September 26, 1910, the Big Horn Academy was opened in Cowley, as the first High School."
Source: Cowley, Wyoming
