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Big Muddy, Wyoming

Coordinates: 42°52′1″N 106°3′1″W / 42.86694°N 106.05028°W / 42.86694; -106.05028
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Big Muddy
Big Muddy is located in Wyoming
Big Muddy
Big Muddy
Location within the state of Wyoming
Coordinates: 42°52′1″N 106°3′1″W / 42.86694°N 106.05028°W / 42.86694; -106.05028
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountyConverse
Elevation
5,049 ft (1,539 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MST)
GNIS feature ID1585484[1]

Big Muddy is an unincorporated community located in Converse County, Wyoming, United States.

Big Muddy was named after a nearby creek.[2]

Notable residents

  • Bryant B. Brooks (1861-1944) - cowboy, trapper, owner of the V Bar V Ranch, politician, author, served as Governor of Wyoming 1905–1911,[3] Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame 2018

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Muddy, Wyoming
  2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 44.
  3. ^ https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/bryant-brooks