Energy Inn Sheridan, Wyoming (1985)
	Sheridan, Wyoming, was in the 1970s and 1980s home to an almost unsurpassed boom in energy development, centered on the readily strippable coal (bituminous and sub-bituminous) that lay just below much of the ground surface from northeastern Wyoming into southern Montana. Yet despite these huge deposits, coal did not prove the cash cow some hoped it might be. The "Energy Inn" in Sheridan has been replaced by other institutions, and Sheridan has returned from being an ambitious energy town back to serving as home to a large and long-time successful ranching community.
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