Wheatland, the county seat and largest town in Platte County, provides easy access to scenic and recreational areas.
Set amid farms and ranches that are irrigated by the largest privately owned irrigation system in the country, the town has a nine-hole golf course, museum, library, bowling alley, movie theater and fairgrounds. Primarily an agriultural community, Wheatland boasts a large, clean industrial plant and many small businesses. Wheatland is proud of the medical facilities at the Platte County Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home.
Laramie River station power plant located six miles northeast of Wheatland was constructed for a cost of $1.6 billion. It represents one of the largest consumer-owned regional joint power supply programs in the United States. |