COKEVILLE INFORMATION
Location: Wyoming/Idaho/Utah border
Industry: Ranching (Angus Cattle, Sheep)
Cokeville Population: 531
Number of Churches: 4 (Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist, Mormon [2 wards])
Hostage Crisis Facts:
Location: David and Doris Young
Date of Cokeville Bombing: May 16, 1986
30th Anniversary: 2016
Hostage room size: 430 feet x 30 feet
Total Hostages: 154 (136 children, 17 teachers/staff, 1 UPS driver)
Total Survivors: 154
Total injured: 79
Total fatalities: 2(David and Doris Young)
Survivors still living: 150
Number of witnesses claiming angelic visions: 8
Number claiming divine intervention: allmost all
Cokeville Trivia:
Notable figures from Cokeville:
Minerva Teichert (Artist,
Lyman Dayton (Producer/Director),
Stewart Peterson
(Actor), Todd Dayton Dayton (High School Football Coach)
USA today dubbed Cokeville “Title Town” for the number of state titles (over a dozen state titles in at least 6 different sports)
In 1918 Cokeville was named “the Sheep Capital of the World”
Blondies, the only restaurant in Cokeville does not serve “Coke” but sells Pepsi products exclusively.
Among David Young’s possessions brought into the school was a well-worn copy of
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance.