Gebo, human settlement in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States of America

Gebo is a ghost town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, about 11 miles north of Thermopolis. A single row of roofless buildings made of light tan and beige blocks runs across sloping ground, with dark rectangular openings for doors and windows and only small patches of flat roof remaining. A white sign on a post at the edge of a dirt road reads "GEBO 18 CEMETERY 9".

Gebo was established in 1907 as a coal town alongside Crosby and Kirby, named for Samuel Wilford Gebo, who founded the Owl Creek Coal Company and opened the first mine. Mining continued until 1938. At its height over 2,000 people lived in the area, mostly miners and their families, making Gebo briefly the largest town in Hot Springs County. Most remains were bulldozed in 1971, but some buildings and the cemetery survive.

The name Gebo comes from Samuel W. Gebo, the Canadian founder of the Owl Creek Coal Company who opened the first mine here. The town drew miners of many nationalities, including Greeks, Finns, Scots, Irish, Chinese, Japanese and Turks, who worked the same seams. The white sign at the site entrance reads "GEBO 18 CEMETERY 9", pointing visitors toward the graveyard.

Visiting Gebo requires driving about 11 miles (18 kilometers) north of Thermopolis on dirt roads marked with numerous bullet holes in the signs, so a vehicle with good ground clearance is recommended. The cemetery is fenced and protected, but the ruins are partially collapsed and require caution when exploring the site.

Residents of Gebo faced extreme conditions: mines shut down in summer due to heat, and people fled to the hills for camping and fishing as relief. Epidemics like the 1918 influenza and 1920 diphtheria decimated the population, and visitors today still leave coins on gravestones, with quarters symbolizing close ties and pennies representing distant connections.