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Veteran, Wyoming
Veteran is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23 at the 2010 census.
==History==
The Name Veteran, came from the fact that, after World War I Goshen County was the last land area the government opened to homesteading in the continental U.S. The requirement to claim a homestead was the claimant had to be a WWI Veteran. Thus the area became known as the Veteran area. When the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a camp there, the town became a fixed community. Additionally, one of the features of the homestead was an irrigation system. One of the camps for the construction crew of the canal made the Veteran site a headquarters. At the height of it existence, the town of Veteran boasted a multi-grade School; several churches; a fuel distributor; two lumber yards; a grain elevator; a hardware store; a grocery store (currently houses the Post Office)and the only American Legion post with the name Veteran in its title. The Union Pacific Railroad still has an active track running thru Veteran.
Also located in Veteran are traces of an old prisoner of war (POW) work camp, such as an old stone pool where the prisoners swam, with rails to get out, and an old diving board made out of a truck spring and wood. The original camp was built by workers from the CCC camp during the 1930s. The camp was re-purposed during World War II to house German and Italian POW's. A number of these men returned after the war and settled in Goshen County. During the war the prisoners were given the option of working on the farms and ranches in the area. Unlike movie depictions, the POW's working in the county were not guarded, but were just like migrant workers working alongside the farming community. It gave them a degree of freedom and relief from boredom, and they earned a small stipend.
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