George Amos moved to Wyoming in the late 1800s to work as foreman on the 4-J Ranch. A bachelor, he was a cowpuncher by day and a voracious reader at night, with a love for books that led him to subscribe to as many as 20 magazines and many daily newspapers. When he died in late December 1929, he left funds to the Campbell County Library Board that were used to erect the George Amos Memorial Library. Completed in 1941, it remained in use through June 1993. The original 4,200-square-foot building was enlarged in 1971 to 8,500 square feet, and the addition included the Pioneer Room, which housed rare books and books from George Amos' own library. By 1976 the library had become overcrowded. His gift to Campbell County is memorialized in bronze sculptures by Wheatland artist Carl Jensen on the south lawn of the Campbell County Public Library and in the George Amos Room inside it. That library opened on 4-J Road in 1983, and the George Amos Room contains the collections previously housed in the Pioneer Room at the George Amos Memorial Library.