"Bloody Clearmont" needed a jail in 1922 – Sheridan Media
Photo courtesy Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Photo Collection Photographer Liz Stambaugh no date on photo. On May 14, 1984, the Old Clearmont Jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Ann Arndt, former Clearmont teacher, was instrumental in making sure that the old jail was included in the Registry. The town of Clearmont was founded in 1892 with the coming of the railroad. In 1893, work was begun on a rail line running from Clearmont to the Town of Sheridan. In this early period of Clearmont’s history, much of the business in the valley was cattle ranching. Th...
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