Gebo, Wyoming was an active town for 32 years, 1906-1938. In 1929 there were about 1200 employees and families living in the area with over 600 employed in the coal mines of Gebo. The coal mines were closed in 1938. In 1971, an event occurred, upsetting some Hot Springs County residents, when what remained of the town of Gebo was leveled by the Federal Bureau of Land Management. It is now a ghost town, but still interesting to visit.
Remnants remain here and there, including the remains of a stone house built on a rocky ledge.
The Gebo cemetery remains mostly intact. There is a short historical review of the town of Gebo by Mary Hanssen, a Gebo Resident. There is a Master s Degree paper written about Gebo. It is titled, The Social Interaction Among The Residents of Gebo, Wyoming by Iris K. Guyn, 1971. It was presented at Black Hills State College, Graduate Division and a copy is kept at the Hot Springs County Library.