Wyoming Communities: How Dubois, Wyoming, Got Its Name And Its Pronunciation

Wyoming Communities: How Dubois, Wyoming, Got Its Name And Its Pronunciation

Dubois is a name that, to this day, is spoken out of spite. It's pronounced “dew-boys” instead of the French “deh-bwah" as a slight to U.S. senator Fred Dubois — who named the town after himself — and hated it when people mispronounced his French surname.