 Shell Farm Located about 16 miles east of Greybull, Wyoming and 4 miles west of Shell, Wyoming, this tidy farm offers the ideal setting for a small registered cattle operation or a horse ranch. Direct frontage on U.S. Route 14, the Big Horn Scenic Byway, provides free advertisement and a gorgeous backdrop for photo opportunities. Only ten miles from the Big Horn Forest boundary and just across the road from BLM lands, the Shell Farm is situated to allow tremendous recreational opportunities in Wyoming's natural wonderland. 
Price: $600,000Property Taxes: $1,121 Total deeded acres: 79 acres per county records, 56+/- acres are irrigated, the balance is home site, canal, and spring fed bottom ground. Location: 4 ½ miles west of Shell, WY on U.S. Route 14 Elevation: approximately 4,500 feet Improvements consist of a single family residence, 1982 2,000 sq. ft. prefab metal shop building, 1990 farm utility loafing shed, grain bin, farm utility building, and 1968 mobile home. The home was built in 1920, remodeled in 1992, is vinyl sided, has forced air heat, one bath, three bedrooms, and consists of 1,258 sq. ft. with an 816 sq. ft. attached garage. Shell, Wyoming information: Elevation: 4210 feet (Shell, WY) Population: 50 (Shell, WY) Shell takes its name from Shell Creek, which in turn is named for the numerous fossil shells found there. The Lower Shell School between Shell and Greybull was built in 1903 and remained in use as a school until the early 1950's. In 1997 a rare site of Jurassic dinosaur tracks was discovered near Shell, Wyoming. The Bighorn Basin contains extensively documented fossil-bearing deposits dating from 550 million years ago (Cambrian Period) to the present. The world famous deposits contain dinosaur bones and track sites, ancient marine reptiles, and primitive mammal fossils. Professional geologists and paleontologists have conducted scientific research in this area for over 100 years. The Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center, a nonprofit group, is seeking to build a permanent museum in the Shell, Wyoming area so that visitors can see and learn about dinosaurs that were unearthed from the rich fossil beds in the Shell Valley. Key to the plan is the idea that visitors can travel to a nearby working dig site, where they can observe and even participate in the process of recovering dinosaur bones. An estimated 400,000 visitors a year pass by on Highway 14. Click here to return to main page |
