Kemmerer, WY Reviews

Kemmerer - 6/19/2009
Kemmerer is a wonderful place to raise a family! I love the people and the history of this Read More

Good Ole Kemmerer - 3/4/2009
The whorehouse closed in the early 1980's. There's two bars downtown and one near the BLM office in Frontier. The shops along Main St. are mostly boarded up or run down, and the sheepherders never make it into town since they're Chilean, Peruvian, Mexican, or Basque and spend ALL of their time out there with the herds.

The coal mine and power plants pay pretty well as do the oil/gas field companies.

You're right about many of the locals, but not all. There are some good people there, but they seem to be overshadowed by the jerks. It's a bad place to relocate your children to also. Our kids were continuously hazed by the local kids, some of them had cops for parents. The hazing involved verbal abuse, shunning, ridicule, and physical attacks at times. The schools weren't that great either. We had a 3rd grade teacher who ended up failing about 60 - 75% of their students and quite a few moronic HS teachers. There are some good teachers there, but they Read More

Living conditions - 6/10/2007
When winter comes, the highways can be closed for days at a time. However, I would recommend "The Southern Comfort," the house of prositution on the south end of town.
And you can have your choice of bars.. plenty to choose from! Some of the best fights can be seen at "Norma's." Don't get involved in any of the fights though, if possible. Some of them sheepherders can be rough!
I hope you have an outisde source of income. Or like to work in a coal mine.
The locals are suspicious and don't like you Read More

Living in Kemmerer - 5/7/2007
Can anyone tell me what this town is like? Is it a good place for young people to live in? How are the road conditions? Anything Read More