Dubois, Wyoming ~ Population 971
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brwhiz
N 43° 31.709 W 109° 37.175
12T E 611546 N 4820430
This combination Elevation/Population sign is on the north side of US Highway 26&287 at the southeastern city limits of Dubois, Wyoming.
Waymark Code: WMHN3V
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2013
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The citizens of this town, being the stalwart, red-blooded, people of the western mountains, get rather incensed if you take them for being French and pronounce the name of the town as 'doo-bwa'. According to them the correct pronunciation for the name of
their town is 'doo-boys'. From the Wyoming Office of Tourism web page:
The town of Dubois is nestled along the upper Wind River, rimmed by the Wind River and Absaroka mountains. Once headquarters for old-time cow outfits, railroad tie hack crews and river tie drives, Dubois is now the social center for upper Wind River livestock and dude ranches. Noted for its hunting and fishing, the area contains some of the best big game hunting in western America.
It is home to large herds of elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, wolves, moose and mule deer. The National Big Horn Sheep Interpretive Center is the main attraction in downtown. Tours are offered to show off the Whiskey Mountain herd of bighorn sheep, the largest wintering herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the world. Togwotee Pass, between Dubois and Jackson Hole, is known for its snowmobiling and deep powder.