15 Wyoming Ghost Towns “They” Tried to Erase

From the YouTube page Lost US Towns comes this interesting video with a wild claim.

"Wyoming is filled with rugged landscapes, wide-open plains… and towns that vanished without a trace. In this video, we explore 15 ghost towns in Wyoming that were abandoned, forgotten, or even intentionally erased from history.

From once-booming mining camps to railroad towns that collapsed overnight, each location holds chilling stories of ambition, hardship, and mystery.

Why were these towns abandoned? What secrets were left behind? And why do some of them seem like they were deliberately wiped from the map? "

Were some towns deliberately wiped off the map? By whom and why? It looks like this video is trying to sell made-up mysteries. The answers are quite logical.

There are a total of 15 abandoned or mostly abandoned places in the above video. Let's take a look at just three of them to see if there is any great mystery or if the title of this video was simply clickbait.

The video begins with the town of Emcampment, Wyoming. Encampment, Wyoming, originated in the late 1800s as "Grand Encampment," a hub for fur trappers and later a ~2,000-person boomtown driven by copper mining in the Sierra Madre Mountains. When the copper ran out, the town crashed, and most of the population left. That is not a big mystery; that is just what happens to boom towns.

Miner's Delight, located near Atlantic City in Wyoming's Sweetwater Mining District, was a bustling gold rush town established in 1867-1868 following the discovery of the rich Miners Delight mine. While initially called Hamilton City, the town took on the name of the mine, peaking around 1868-1869 with roughly 100 residents before becoming a, now BLM-managed, ghost town. Once again, no great mystery. When the gold ran out, the people moved on.

Piedmont, Wyoming, is a historic ghost town settled around 1867 to support the Union Pacific Railroad with timber and water. Founded by Moses Byrne and Charles Guild, it featured prominent beehive-shaped charcoal kilns. Though once a thriving town, it declined after 1900 due to railroad rerouting, leaving behind preserved charcoal kilns now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Conclusion: This is a good video, but they tried to overstate the title to make events seem more mysterious than they really were.