Wyoming Tales and Trails

 Sunrise Mine by Jim Potter Robert Parks left McPherson County, Kansas, sometime after the US Census in January 1920. In May, he was hired to work in the mining camp—or company town—of Sunrise, in Platte County, located in the high desert foothills of eastern Wyoming. Sunrise's population exceeded five hundred people. The iron ore mine and its town were founded in 1899 and owned by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I), which was owned by John D. Rockefeller Sr., one of the … [Read more...] about Researching Robert