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Historic Sites Attractions In Sweetwater County

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Sweetwater County is a county located in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,806. Its county seat is Green River. By area, it is the largest county in Wyoming. It is in the southwestern part of Wyoming, north of the Colorado-Utah state line. Sweetwater County comprises the Rock Springs, Green River, Wyoming Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • 1. Fossil Butte National Monument Kemmerer
    Fossil Butte National Monument is a United States National Monument managed by the National Park Service, located 15 miles west of Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States. It centers on an extraordinary assemblage of Eocene Epoch animal and plant fossils associated with Fossil Lake—the smallest lake of the three great lakes which were then present in what are now Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The other two lakes were Lake Gosiute and Lake Uinta. Fossil Butte National Monument was established as a national monument on October 23, 1972. Fossil Butte National Monument preserves the best paleontological record of Cenozoic aquatic communities in North America and possibly the world, within the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation — the ancient lake bed. Fossils preserved — including fish, al...
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