Good Profits from a Little Patch of Irrigated Land

Reprint of this story from the April 4, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community.

Good Profits from a Little Patch of Irrigated Land

J. J. Wombaker came into this country with his family four years ago last September, and settled on placer ground at the junction of the north and south forks of the Encampment River. There were but three log cabins on the Grand Encampment townsite at that time, and two of these were occupied by men only, there being but one family here.

The trip into the...