Sundance, Wyoming
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Sundance, Wyoming Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí |
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 Location in Crook County and the state of Wyoming. |
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| Coordinates: 44°24′19″N 104°22′20″W / 44.40528°N 104.37222°WCoordinates: 44°24′19″N 104°22′20″W / 44.40528°N 104.37222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| County | Crook |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paul Brooks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.06 sq mi (7.93 km2) |
| • Land | 3.05 sq mi (7.90 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,738 ft (1,444 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,182 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,213 |
| • Density | 387.5/sq mi (149.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 82729 |
| Area code(s) | 307 |
| FIPS code | 56-74195 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1603438 |
Sundance (Lakota: Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí; "Sun-Watching Dance") is a town in and the county seat of Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2010 census. The town is named for the Sun Dance ceremony practiced by several Native American Indian tribes.
After his release from the town jail in 1888, Harry Longabaugh, an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West, acquired the moniker, "the Sundance Kid". His nickname entered the popular culture with release of the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which won several Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay. Robert Redford, who portrayed Longabaugh in the movie, later named his Sundance Ski Resort near Provo, Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival after this character.
The town of Sundance is the primary setting of Scumble, a children's novel by Ingrid Law, and a sequel to her earlier children's book, Savvy. Sundance, Wyoming is also the primary setting for Lorelei James' novels in her "Rough Riders" series of 16 books involving the fictional McKay family, eking out a living as multi generational ranchers and the younger generation's accepting who they are individually, the ins and outs of working with family every day and finding love.
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