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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crook County, Wyoming. Official Website Crook County was created by the legislature of the Wyoming Territory on December 8, 1875, from portions of Albany and Laramie Counties. It was organized in 1888. Crook County was named for Brigadier General George Crook, an army commander during the Indian Wars. In 1890, Crook County lost ter...
Crook County was established on October 9, 1882, by an act of the Oregon State Legislature. The county was named after Maj. Gen. George Crook , a veteran of various battles against the indigenous peoples of Eastern Oregon in the middle of the 19th century. The county was formed from territory formerly part of Wasco County, including the hilly region where the foothills of the Blue Mountains int...