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The Wagon Wheel House
The Wagon Wheel House
Yeah, things are a little different out here. Even our NAME!
Here is:
You may have read this on "Our Town" page of this Site.
Funny Name: Great Place. Population 309. We just call it HOME.
Nestled along the banks of the Greybull River, the earliest Army Engineering Corps came upon this area known to the Crow Indians as Mee Tee (pronounced "may-tay"), meaning 'meaning good, a place of good fortune or good hunting'. The Shoshone Indians were, however, very fearful of the Crow Nation to the North and referred to the area a Tse (pronounced "say"), meaning 'Crow near'.
The Army Corps Captain doing the Mapping named the area Mee tee tse
or ("may tay say" ) , essentially a corruption of both the Shoshonean and Apsaalooke Siouan languages........say that fast 3 times in a row. ;)
Our GOAL = YOU leave the area simply calling it "Fabulous and Fun !!"
Today? "It's where Cheifs Meet".... and You're the Chief on your Vacation!
There's LOTs of 'tales', fairy tales (lies) that get repeated enough to where people start accepting them as 'TRUTH'. Not malicious. Just 'colorful'!​
The Name of our quaint mountain hamlet, Meeteetse, has never had ANYTHING to do with 'Where Chiefs Meet'. Simply marketing.
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Think about it! Do you REALLY think the CROW and SHOSHONE Indian tribes - over 150-200 years ago- used and spoke the word
MEET the same way we do today? Of course not.
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Besides, they were mortal enemies. Why would they be meeting?
Below is the REAL story. Dated 1859.... long before any marketing.
Mee-tee-tse Cr.
1859-1860
Pages from Book
The
Meeteetse
Founders
Jim F. Blake
2009
It's hard to make out all blown up
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