2. DUBOIS, WY Here’s a bit of trivia about Dubois. When it was founded in 1886, the locals called it Never Sweat due to the dry heat ... and cold. Seriously. But the U.S. Postal Service refused to accept that name. So citizens renamed it Dubois after a controversial Idaho politician (who was on the Senate postal committee). To spite the guys in Washington, they mispronounced it (“Dew Boys”). That’s the Western spirit! That spirit continues today in this rugged territory, located in the R
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