The change in water flow is not as noticeable in the summer as it is winter or fall, when the spring cycles about every 18 minutes. Alpine is the meeting place of The Snake River, the Greys River, and the Salt River, making it an excellent spot for water recreation. Auburn was the first settlement in the Star Valley and its church was the first rock building in the greater neighborhood. Bedford Cokeville Diamondville Etna Fairview Freedom got its name from the first settlers there, who came to escape the anti-polygamy laws in Utah. In 1902, the great JC Penney retail chain sprang from a modest structure known as the Golden Rule Store.
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LaBarge Opal Smoot Thayne is named after a pioneer who first established a general store, Henry Thayne. Thayne,with its population of less than two hundred, is known for its cheeses produced in a local factory. Bar Nunn Casper is the second largest city on Wyoming. Casper got its roots from the pioneers who traveled the California, Mormon and Oregon trails. Creek Lusk - Frank Lusk, who provided land for a railroad station and a town when land was needed in 1886, also gifted the resulting town with his name.