Posts Tagged Jeffrey City
I’ve started working on a project with our energy reporter, Jeremy Fugleberg, about Jeffrey City. I’ve driven through the old uranium mining town a few times before and always wanted to do something long-term there. We’re not quite sure yet the angles we’re going to cover, but for now I’m content with just hanging out [...]
Stopped briefly while driving through Jeffrey City last night on my way west. What this photo doesn’t show is the horde of moquitos eating my flesh as I made it.
Back in 1957, at the height of the Cold War, a uranium mine was discovered in Wyoming. It brought thousands of people to the area, many looking for high income jobs at the mine. Jeffrey City started to boom. Businesses thrived. Residents went to church and sent their kids to school. Workers mined the valuable [...]
