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Photograph of Shoshone-Episcopal Mission
Photograph by Jack Boucher, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Shoshone-Episcopal Mission

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“Shoshone-Episcopal Mission is a historic mission and school in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The school was built from 1889 to 1890 by Rev.”

Wikipedia article Shoshone-Episcopal Mission, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Shoshone-Episcopal Mission between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,619 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning191
Fireworks41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Smoking33
Natural24
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River AgencyCONEHEAD
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River Agency102 NORTH FORK
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River Agency48 SHIPTON LANE
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River AgencyGROVE
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWind River AgencySAND PIT FIRE
5 September 2002Natural2.0 acresWind River AgencySAGE CREEK
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWind River AgencyMULTIFIRES
29 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWind River AgencySKATE PARK 4

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Shoshone-Episcopal Mission: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Washakie Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
UnknownPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Wind River Indian Reservation No.1UraniumOccurrence
Ethete #2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Mill CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Wind River Mtn Front #2Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Wind River Mtn Front #6Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Fort Washakie Historic District1.8 miles1969
St. Michael's Mission7.2 miles1971
Faith Hall7.3 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001931 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fremont CountyAll 31 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.