Whether you’re traveling by road, by printed page, or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week, we invite you to explore 100 Wyoming landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Cowboy State.
Million-dollar Biffy… “Roosevelt’s Tree Army”… fur traders… “Cowboy Invasion”… roadside wonders… wind engines… The Golden Rule… “auto tourists”… Magic City of the Plains… ghost towns… dude ranches… “open air museum-miniatures”… Sweetwater Mines… the golden age of motoring... Julian Gallows… Shoshone Project… “Prairie Cathedrals”… Teapot Dome… Mormon Row… The Pioneer Wyoming Brew… “petrified fish-cut”… Lincoln Highway… beehive kilns… Meskers… Best-Out-West Enriched Flour… medicine wheels… Wyoming toads… This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.
The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make Wyoming uniquely Wyoming. Who was the only Indian ever given a full military funeral? Solved. What did Buffalo Bill Cody want most to do in Wyoming? A mystery no more. What is the first structure ever built in a national parka? Identified. Where did Butch Cassidy serve his only time in jail? Revealed. Did Tom Horn shoot and kill Willie Nickell? No one knows.
It is a story only Wyoming can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public, or a t least visible from public spaces. So, fire up the GPS and see the story of the Cowboy State standing in plain sight on Wyoming streets!