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| View Original: | A freight train approaches the tiny Converse County, Wyoming, town of Bill LCCN2015634122.tif.tiff (8688x5792) | |||
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| Keywords: A freight train approaches the tiny Converse County, Wyoming, town of Bill LCCN2015634122.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; The settlement is rumored to have begun shortly after World War I when a doctor moved there It was called Bill by the doctor's wife due to the large number of men in the area with that name Before long Bill had a post office and small store selling sandwiches to truckers and a country school for children from surrounding ranches The owner of the store even established the Bill Yacht Club which had no boats and no water but that sold hats and T-shirts to tourists who felt they were in on the joke By 2008 the community had been developed to include a 112-room hotel and a 24-hour diner both open to everyone but catering to railroaders who were required to stop and take mandatory rests in Bill ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 069 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015634122 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/34100/34106a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 34106 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 34106 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||