Moneta, Wyoming
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Moneta is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Moneta is located on U.S. Route 26, {{convert|20.1|mi|km}} east-southeast of Shoshoni. It is also located close to the geographic center of the state.
History
As the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company built a line west from Casper in 1905-06, Moneta was made a stop (about 82.6 miles west of Casper),(28 December 1905) [https://wyomingnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=WYNCT19051228-01.1.1&srpos=142&e=-------en-20--141-byDA-img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-moneta-------0------ Rail Road News Notes], Natrona County Tribune and was laid out in 1906.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=104}}(9 June 1906).[https://wyomingnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=WYBHC19060609-01.1.1&srpos=40&e=-------en-20--21-byDA-img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-moneta-------0------ Opened to Moneta], Big Horn County News It was named after Moneta, Iowa. A post office was established in Moneta in 1906, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WY&county=Fremont&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Fremont County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=23 March 2015}}
In 2002, the vehicle in the "Lil' Miss murder" was uncovered in Moneta after DNA evidence linked the landowner, Dale Wayne Eaton, to the murder of Lisa Kimmell.{{cite web|url=http://trib.com/news/murder-charge-filed-in-lil-miss-killing/article_36c7b01e-e7b3-5a0d-b4d7-2a6055022755.html|title=Murder charge filed in 'Lil Miss' killing|first=Caspar Star-Tribune|last=TARA WESTREICHER |publisher=|accessdate=12 October 2018}} Following a civil suit in which Eaton's land was given to Kimmell's parents, the buildings on the property were burned to the ground.{{cite web|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/murder-victim-s-parents-watch-killer-s-house-burn/article_a9b66e34-232f-5316-a7ca-c16fee829d0a.html|title=Murder victim's parents watch killer's house burn|first=Casper Star-Tribune|last=ANTHONY LANE|publisher=|accessdate=12 October 2018}}
See also
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References
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External links
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wyoming
Category:Unincorporated communities in Fremont County, Wyoming
Category:Populated places established in 1906
Category:1906 establishments in Wyoming
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