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3 unusual facts about Big Piney


Big Piney, Wyoming

In 1987, actress Glenn Close co-produced a documentary about the vanishing cowboy of the American West, entitled, "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?"

Bloodland, Missouri

Bloodland is ghost town in southern Pulaski County, Missouri, is surrounded by Ft. Leonard Wood. The town is near Big Piney, Missouri and close to Palace, Missouri, which is surrounded by Ft. Leonard Wood also.

Waynesville, Missouri

Military personnel assigned to training areas on the south end of the post sometimes choose to live in the unincorporated areas of Big Piney and Pulaski County, or the northern Texas County communities of Plato and Roby.


Route of the Oregon Trail

The Lander Road departs the main trail at Burnt Ranch near South Pass, crosses the Continental Divide north of South Pass and reaches the Green River near the present town of Big Piney, Wyoming.


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