Goshen County is not used to being a major destination. But thanks to the eclipse, it was. Over 100,000 people visited the county to set up tents and campers as well as visit local festivities. Reporter Cooper McKim flew over the county, saw downtown Torrington celebrate, and witnessed the eclipse with hundreds of others in Fort Laramie. Here’s what it felt like to be there:
Watching The Eclipse In Goshen County
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Overlooking the Fort Laramie B &B the day of the eclipse
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Plane camping the night before the eclipse at the Torrington Municipal Airport
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Dean McClain, the pilot, pulling out the plane we would fly
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Special eclipse maze at the Ellis Harvest Home
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Dean McClain and Wally Walski
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Downtown Torrington finishing up eclipse festivities
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Torrington Street Festivities
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Campsite at the Fort Laramie B & B
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Kathy Tollefson in front of her B & B
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Small hill where several students released radiosonde balloons
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Sandy Phillips with her daughter Andrea -- seeing the eclipse was on Sandy's bucket list
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Students and staff releasing a radiosonde balloon
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Students and staff with the Montana Space Grant Consortium just before the eclipse
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Plane overlooking Goshen County
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