Gillette, Wyoming (CNN) This Wyoming coal town is a place of contradictions. Gillette is the town that powers America -- at least it did for decades. "Everybody in this town is afraid that it is going to become a ghost town," he said. Many years, well over half of the state's tax revenue comes from the coal, oil and gas industries. Timber towns, auto towns, military town, mining towns -- the logical progression is toward "ghost town" status if the town isn't big enough, or industries aren't diverse enough.

Source: CNN January 23, 2021 15:11 UTC