Can a new governor bust the Cowboy State out of its stagnant economic corral?
The Embassy Tavern in Green River is a piece of the real Wyoming. The tavern’s awning and purple sign hang over Railroad Avenue. Across the street are the tracks that carry Union Pacific’s industrial traffic. Pickup trucks line the curb, and inside, the walls are decorated with beer posters, old railroad signs and a dartboard. The clientele is authentic as well. Green River, in southwest Wyoming, has grown a recent crop of gourmet coffeeshops and art galleries. But the folks who frequent the Embassy are not the latte and wine-drinking type. They order Bud Light, Easy Street, Crown Royale, “the usual,” says the bartender, Misty. The Embassy is a good place to get a look at the working-class heart of Green River, a bedroom community for the nearby industrial center of Rock Springs. There are no less than 5,000 local jobs in coal mining, soda ash (a raw material of glass and chemicals), natural gas, the railroad and a power plant, according to the Green River Chamber of Commerce — a fair
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