Frannie

History

William A. "Jack" Morris arrived in 1886 and established the Morris Ranch. It was along the wagon route between Billings, Montana and Lander, Wyoming. She rode bareback and shot guns. She was also considered to be a beauty. Her father did not like young men's attention toward his daughter and would have them packed onto a train out of town. After three weeks she turned up in Lewistown, Montana. Her last marriage, to Russell Ford, lasted for fifty years. When her father died in 1935, she moved to Montana. She died in Kalispell, Montana.

Geography

US Highway 310 (locally known as "Ash St.") is the main road through the town. All but 19 of the town's population is found east of US 310. The town is also located two miles south of the Montana border and is the northernmost town in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin—a mountain desert region which relies on a network of canals and pipelines to provide irrigation and potable water for the population, farming, and ranching activities. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. The Town boundaries, at its eastern end, follow the Sage/Frannie Creek. Among Wyoming towns Frannie has a unique geographic characteristic: it is the only town having boundaries which include parts of two counties—Big Horn (pop. 138) and Park (pop. 19). Accordingly, visitors to Frannie are greeted with a welcoming sign which includes the phrase "Biggest Little Town In Wyoming." Locals say this designation is because "it took two counties to hold our town!" Included in the Park County portion of Frannie is the post office and two of the town's three businesses. The Town Hall is located within the Big Horn County portion.

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Largest nearby schools

• Rocky Mountain Elementary
  Elementary · Cowley · 370 students · 14.8:1 ratio