Founding
CWC was founded in 1966 by a county-wide vote, though community leaders originally conceived the idea of a community college in the county in 1950. The idea of the college took a long time to solidify over a disagreement on its proposed locations, Lander and Riverton. district boundary conflicts further postponed the college planning until 1960. The Wyoming Community College Commission in 1964 informed the planning groups in Fremont County the location dispute must be resolved before the proposed college would receive its serious consideration.
A June 1965 poll showed Fremont County people favored a college by a 5-1 majority and a 3-2 majority favored Riverton as the site. But Lander supporters were persistent and returned once more to the commission, proposing the college be located in the county seat. The college commission heeded the results of the survey, however, and gave its approval to the Riverton proposal.
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