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Big Horn Academy Building, Cowley, Wyoming

COWLEY

Wyoming · Est. 1907
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Cowley is a town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. Landmarks include Big Horn Academy Building.

The Cowley Collection

Made for Cowley. Printed to order.

Every piece is drawn from Cowley's own map data and historic archives, then printed and shipped from the USA when you order. No two towns look alike.

On the National Register

Historic places

Population 2010: 655 → 2020: 762

From Wikidata (CC0).

Since 1907

A short history of Cowley

In February 1900 a group was sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to create a settlement in northern Wyoming. The group met with William Cody who was building an irrigation canal to help find a site. In May 1900 the first group arrived. They started building the Sidon irrigation canal which was eventually completed in 1904. The post office was established in October 1900 with William W. Graham as postmaster. The community was named after Matthias F. Cowley, a leader in .

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Cowley, Wyoming, revision 1374300039 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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