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Medicine Bow, Wyoming
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Carbon was the first coal town in Wyoming, founded in 1868 on the Union Pacific line, and was emptied after the last mine closed in 1902 when the railroad moved north and Hanna took over coal supply. The National Register-listed Carbon Cemetery holds townspeople and victims of the 1903 and 1908 Hanna mine explosions, with ornamental iron fences. Foundations, mine ruins and dugouts lie nearby, mostly on private land.
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