Orpha is an

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in Converse County,

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, United States. Orpha is located near

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, northwest of

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. The town lies just north of the

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and the

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. Several miles to Orpha's northeast lies a historic Hog Ranch saloon, c. 1882, well known for its gambling operations. (See

Fort Laramie Three-Mile Hog Ranch The Fort Laramie Three-Mile Hog Ranch was built to serve as a social center away from the soldiers' post at historic Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie. Fort Laramie was a 19th-century military post in eastern Wyoming. It became not ...

for an example of this kind of saloon.) Fort Fetterman lies across the river from Orpha, a few miles downstream.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wyoming Unincorporated communities in Converse County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub