A Prairie Sentinel: The Century-Long Resilience of Van Tassell

NIOBRARA COUNTY - Along the stretch of U.S. Highway 20 where the Wyoming plains begin their final roll toward the Nebraska border, there exists a community that defies the modern definition of a "ghost town." While many frontier settlements of the late 19th century have vanished into the sagebrush, Van Tassell remains an incorporated entity, holding the title of the least populous town in the nation’s least populous state.