Lucerne is another name for Alfalfaconsequently it was named for the farming community where a great deal of alfalfa is grown. (WPA)
Other Names:
Dempsey
County:
Hot Springs
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
Stories:
Did Dempsey become Lucerne?; In August, 1909, Wyoming newspapers reported that a new town was to be established in Hot Springs County between Thermopolis and Kirby north of Owl Creek. It was to be named Dempsey, after Tom Dempsey, a local rancher. The town of Dempsey is never mentioned again but in 1910, the town of Lucerne is established on what appears to be the same location as the proposed town, Dempsey. (WSL)
More Reading:
"New Part of the Big Horn Being Developed Great prosperity is being experienced by the ranchers in the vicinity of the new town of Lucerne" (Wyoming Semi-Weekly Tribune December 28, 1909)
