Moorcroft, Wyoming, population
807, is located in Northeastern Wyoming on the banks of the Belle Fourche River
where the highway crossed the "Old Texas Trail". Moorcroft was
the largest shipping point in the United States during the 1890's.
Moorcroft is a bustling town historically based in ranching but which now
serves the coal and oil industries as well. Here, the culture of the Old
West is still evident.
(Taken from the North East Wyoming Economic
Development Coalition - 1997)
