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Lander, Wyoming
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South Pass City boomed after gold was found in 1867 and 1868, reaching about 2,000 people in a year before a bust in 1872. Esther Hobart Morris served here as justice of the peace, the first woman judge in the nation. The state took over the town in 1968, and about seventeen of its original structures have been restored and furnished, with the Carissa Mine and stamp mill on the hill above.
Buildings and exhibits are open daily in season, May through October; the grounds are open year-round, and admission is charged.
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