Derived its name from the Big Horn Hot Springs, which are said to be the largest, medicinal hot springs in the world. It was organized in 1913 and was taken largely from Big Horn and Fremont Counties. County seat is in Thermopolis. (WPA)
County:
Hot Springs
Feature Category:
Special Features
More Reading:
Hot Spring [sic] County : memories from the past. Hot Springs County Pioneer Association (Wyo.) Thermopolis, Wyo. : The Association, c1996.; Hot Springs : a Wyoming county history. Milek, Dorothy Buchanan. Basin, Wy. (P.O. Box 48, Basin 82410) : Saddlebag Books, c1986.; Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Service, Alex. Chicago : Arcadia Publishing, c2002.; Annette Hein. Hot Springs County. WyoHistory.org
