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Elk Mountain, Wyoming
Elk Mountain is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 150 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The town shares its name with a Elk Mountain (Carbon County, Wyoming), mountain to its southwest. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , which consists entirely of land. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 191 people, 76 households, and 58 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 109 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.4% White (U.S. Census), White, 1.0% African American (U.S. Census), African American, and 0.5% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American. Hispanic (U.S. Census), Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census), Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population. There were 76 households, of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.4% were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With an estimated population of 587,618 as of 2024, Wyoming is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, least populous state despite being the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th largest by area, and it has the List of U.S. states by population density, second-lowest population density after Alaska. The List of capitals in the United States, state capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city is Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, which had a population of 65,132 in 2020. Wyoming's western half consists mostly of the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains; its eastern half consists of high-elevation prairie, and is referred to as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White (U
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of monarchist France from 1815 to 1830, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Library
A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries: # they are generally supported by taxes (usually local, though any level of government can and may contribute); # they are governed by a board to serve the public interest; # they are open to all, and every community member can access the collection; # they are entirely voluntary, no one is ever forced to use the services provided; and # they provide library and information services without charge. Public libraries exist in many countries across the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population. Public libraries are distinct from research library, research libraries, school library, school libraries, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbon County School District Number 2
Carbon County School District #2 is a public school district based in Saratoga, Wyoming, United States. Geography Carbon County School District #2 serves the eastern portion of Carbon County, including the following communities: * Incorporated places ** Town of Elk Mountain ** Town of Encampment ** Town of Hanna ** Town of Medicine Bow ** Town of Riverside ** Town of Saratoga * Unincorporated places ** Arlington ** Walcott Schools *Grades 7-12 ** H.E.M. Junior/Senior High School ** Saratoga Middle/High School *Grades K-6 **Elk Mountain Elementary School **Hanna Elementary School **Medicine Bow Elementary School **Saratoga Elementary School *Grades K-12 ** Encampment K-12 School Administration The current superintendent of the district is Darrin Jennings who started his tenure in the 2022-23 school year. Student demographics The following figures are as of May 1, 2024. *Total District Enrollment: 591 *Student enrollment by gender **Male: 309 (52.28%) **Female: 282 (47.72%) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFU Elk Mountain Bridge
The DFU Elk Mountain Bridge was a Warren pony truss bridge located near Elk Mountain, Wyoming, which carried Carbon County Road 120-1 over the Medicine Bow River. The bridge was built in 1823 by contractor D. B. Miller. While the bridge's design is mainly a Warren truss, the top chord of the bridge is reminiscent of a Parker truss. At long, the bridge is the longest of its design in the Wyoming county highway system. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... on February 15, 1995. It was one of several bridges added to the NRHP for its role in the history of Wyoming bridge construction. The bridge was replaced between 2017 and 2020. See also * List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latino (U
Latino or Latinos may refer to: People Demographics * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States ** Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories) * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin Americans Given name * Latino Galasso, Italian rower * Latino Latini, Italian scholar and humanist of the Renaissance * Latino Malabranca Orsini, Italian cardinal * Latino Orsini, Italian cardinal Other names * Joseph Nunzio Latino, Italian American Roman Catholic bishop * Latino (singer), Brazilian singer Linguistics * Latino-Faliscan languages, languages of ancient Italy * '' Latino sine flexione'', a constructed language * Mozarabic language, varieties of Ibero-Romance * A historical name for the Judeo-Italian languages Geography * Lazio region in Italy, anciently inhabited by the Latin people who founded the city of Rome. Media and entertainment Music * ''Latino'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispanic (U
The term Hispanic () are people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an ethnic or meta-ethnic term. The term commonly applies to Spaniards and Spanish-speaking ( Hispanophone) populations and countries in Hispanic America (the continent) and Hispanic Africa (Equatorial Guinea and the disputed territory of Western Sahara), which were formerly part of the Spanish Empire due to colonization mainly between the 16th and 20th centuries. The cultures of Hispanophone countries outside Spain have been influenced as well by the local pre-Hispanic cultures or other foreign influences. There was also Spanish influence in the former Spanish East Indies, including the Philippines, Marianas, and other nations. However, Spanish is not a predominant language in these regions and, as a result, their inhabitants are not usually considered Hispanic. Hispanic culture is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native American (U
Native Americans or Native American usually refers to Native Americans in the United States Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the Contiguous United States, lower 48 states and A .... Related terms and peoples include: Ethnic groups * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North, South, and Central America and their descendants * Indigenous peoples in Canada ** First Nations in Canada, Canadian Indigenous peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis ** Inuit, Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. ** Métis in Canada, specific cultural communities who trace their descent to early communities consisting of both First Nations people and European settlers * Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica * Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African American (U
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elk Mountain (Carbon County, Wyoming)
Elk Mountain is a peak at the northern end of the Medicine Bow Mountains. It is southwest of the town of Elk Mountain, Wyoming and roughly from Rawlins, Wyoming. The mountain is the area's most visible feature. It is located south of Interstate 80 in Carbon County. Elk Mountain is the 8th most prominent summit in the state of Wyoming. Access Elk Mountain is located in a public landlocked parcel which became the center of federal lawsuit against four hunters from Missouri in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, the hunters used a step ladder and onX, an application that maps public lands, to " corner cross" their way over the owned by Fred Eshelman, an entrepreneur and resident of North Carolina. Corner crossing is a method of traveling through alternating public and private land without stepping foot on the privately owned parcels by crossing over the corners, which are shared ownership between the government and private owners. Eshelman pressed criminal trespassing charges against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
