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Kane is a ghost town that existed south of the confluence of the Shoshone River and the
Rootsweb.com: Kayne Cemetery Listings
Ghost towns in Wyoming Geography of Big Horn County, Wyoming Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Unincorporated communities in Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub
Bighorn River
The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its b ...
in Big Horn County, northern Wyoming
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, United States.
Kane started as a lumber shipping point. In 1832, wagon trains of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville passed through Kane. They were pulled by four mules, four horses, and four oxen. With this route, Bonneville established a trading post near Cody, but abandoned the project due to hostilities with local Indians.
Submersion
Prior to the completion of the Yellowtail Dam inMontana
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in the 1960s, the residents of Kane sold their homes and land to the federal government. When the dam was completed the area surrounding Kane was flooded by the Bighorn Lake reservoir.
Kane Cemetery still exists in its original location, north of the rivers' confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...
, and now within the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, . Relatives of people buried in the cemetery may continue to be buried there. An idea (considered untrue), gained currency, that the cemetery and its residents were relocated prior to the impoundment of water in the reservoir behind the dam.
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Rootsweb.com: Kayne Cemetery Listings
Ghost towns in Wyoming Geography of Big Horn County, Wyoming Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Unincorporated communities in Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub