Home in the Valley

A history celebrating the centennial of the town of Powell, Wyo. from its beginnings as the Reclamation Service's Camp Colter for the Shoshone Project, its official inception as a town in 1909, and through the decades up to 2009. It includes short sections about Heart Mountain Relocation Center (the Japanese internment camp) and Northwest Community College. The back of the book provides lists of mayors and council members, chamber of commerce managers and members of the year, and Powell High School championships. The Powell Tribune is one of the sources of information. Photo sources include the Shoshone Irrigation District archives and Homesteader Museum.