Bright Spot cafe serves lonely Wyoming outpost life
In Hiland Wyoming Betty Evenson runs the Bright Spot cafe and gas station along US 20 26 on a sparsely populated stretch. She notes the area’s isolation with humor as she tends customers from ranchers and sheep herds amid miles of plains. Her small business anchors a near-empty town with a population that locals joke is closer to one than ten.
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Charles Hillinger
Los Angeles Times
Hiland, Wyo
Wyoming Plains
Lonely
U.S. 2026
Casper
Shoshoni
Betty Evenson
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Betty
Hiland
Arts Membership Drive Aims To Raise 26000 At 8 A.M. Breakfast
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