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Welcome To Lusk and Niobrara
County!
Located at the crossroads of US Highways 85 and 20/26
in the great prairie lands of eastern Wyoming, Lusk and Niobrara County are the
gateways to the Black Hills of South Dakota to the north, Yellowstone & Grand
Teton Parks to the west, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Colorado Front Range to
the south and the rich farmlands and sandhill counties of Nebraska to the east.
Over 100 years ago the famous Cheyenne and Black Hills Trail and Texas Trail ran
through the area giving us a strong western heritage. Here, hospitality prevails
and the spirit of Wyoming dominates. If you like wide open spaces, fresh air and
plenty of sunshine you'll like it here!
Our economy is diverse! On a given morning you may find
a rancher, railroad worker, oil field technician and one of the area bankers
enjoying breakfast together at a local café. Agriculture has long anchored the
community business structure often supplemented by booms in mineral exploration.
The Union Pacific Railroad runs a double track west to east through Niobrara
County carrying Wyoming’s coal to the Midwest and beyond. Lusk is home to the
Wyoming Women’s Center, Wyoming’s state correctional facility for women. Small
businesses and light industry are welcome and thrive in an excellent commercial
environment. Services include a quality education system, municipal airport,
humanitarian services, police, sheriff, ambulance and fire protection, large
public library and churches of many denominations.
For recreation you can
enjoy hunting, horseback riding, fishing, boating, hiking, rock/fossil/artifact
hunting, tennis, sight-seeing and swimming. The Town of Lusk operates what many
consider one of the finest 9 hole golf courses in the Rocky Mountains located on
the headwaters of the Niobrara River. Each summer during the second week of July
local volunteers stage the Legend of Rawhide, an annual gigantic outdoor show of
western history including a cast of 500, 12 to 15 covered wagons, cavalry in
uniform and a band of Indians. The Black Hills of South Dakota and the front
range of Colorado are only a few hours drive on modern, scenic highways.
Niobrara County welcomes you, come and spend some time with us!
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