Afton is home to the world's largest elk horn arch. Spanning 75 feet (23 m) across the four lanes of US Highway 89, the arch consists of 3,011 elk antlers and weighs 15 tons.
Notable natives
Rulon Gardner - Gold medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics and bronze medalist the in 2004 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling, 97–130 kg.
Bairoil
A hang-gliding world record was set in 1989 by Kevin Christopherson, who rode an updraft 287 miles (462 km) from Bairoil to North Dakota.
Big Piney
In 1987, actress Glenn Close co-produced a documentary about the vanishing cowboy of the American West, entitled, "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?" The film focused on several generations of cattle ranching families in Big Piney, originally shown as part of the PBS television series, "The American Experience." It was narrated by actor Robert Redford.
History
In the Big Piney vicinity is located the Wardell Buffalo Trap, a canyon used by Native Americans to trap bison.[3] Its potential archeological value led to its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[4]
Chugwater
Chugwater is known regionally for its distinctive chili, Chugwater Chili.
Clearmont
Clearmont is the location of the lead character's ranch in the Colonial Radio old west drama serial Powder River.
The Smith Mansion
Cody
The Smith Mansion, a structure built by hand by engineer Francis Lee Smith, is located in Wapiti, an unincorporated community near Cody. Smith took up residence in the home once the first floor was complete but never stopped construction, adding new floors, rooms, and features until he died 12 years later. In this respect, it is similar to the Winchester Mystery House. Smith died in 1992 after falling from an upper level
It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is a large and modern facility located near the center of the city. It contains five museums in one, and maintains large collections. It is a favorite stopping point for tourists passing through the town, on their way to or from Yellowstone. During the summer, a re-enactment of a wild-west shoot-out takes place next to the Irma Hotel, another historical site still open for business with a hotel and restaurant, which forms the nucleus of the town.
Old Trail Town in Cody, Wyoming Old Trail Town, a restoration of more than twenty-five historic Western buildings and artifiacts is located in Cody just off the Yellowstone Highway.
Rodeo is important in the culture in Cody, which calls itself the "Rodeo Capital of the World".
The Cody Nite Rodeo is an amateur rodeo every night from June 1 through August 31. The flag waves at the start of the Cody Nite Rodeo, August 6, 2006
Cody is also host to the Cody Stampede Rodeo. The Stampede is a PRCA rodeo and is one of the largest rodeos in the nation that is held over the Independence Day Holiday. Many of the top cowboys in the country attend. The stampede has been held from July 1–4 every year since 1919.
The Cody Firearms Museum has a large collection of American firearms.
Cody is the birthplace of the famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock.
Cokeville
On May 16, 1986, 167 children and adults were held hostage during the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis. The children and adults escaped after the bomb exploded. The hostage takers both died.
In 1990, Cokeville was named "Title Town" by USA Today for the number of state sporting victories won by the local athletic programs. In 2006 - high school football coach Todd Dayton was ranked in the top 10 "winning-est" high school coaches by USA Today.
In 1932, the jackalope legend in the United States was attributed by the New York Times to Douglas Herrick (1920–2003) of Douglas, and thus the city was named the "Home of the Jackalope" by the state of Wyoming in 1985. Douglas has issued Jackalope Hunting licenses to tourists. The tags are good for hunting during official Jackalope season, which occurs for only one day, June 31.
In 1996 Douglas was listed by Norman Crampton as one of The 100 Best Small Towns in America.
The remains of the first winner of racing's Triple Crown, thoroughbred Sir Barton, are buried here.
Dubois
Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker) owned and managed a ranch on the outskirts of Dubois, beginning in 1890.[8] It is said that he was a frequent customer at Welty's General Store in Dubois, which is still in operation. A statue recently erected in the center of Dubois is modeled after Butch Cassidy.
The geology of the area surrounding Dubois is unique in the world for featuring (almost in the same view) examples of all three major mountain-building forces: tectonic, volcanic, and glacial. This is described in detail in the nonfiction book Rising from the Plains by science writer John McPhee.
The body of Marine PFC Chance Phelps was taken to his parents' home in Dubois after his death in Iraq in 2004. The story is featured in the HBO film Taking Chance.
Matthew Fox, (b 1966), actor most known for his work in the ABC drama series Lost.
Gillette
Notable People
John Chick - Saskatchewan Roughriders Defensive End
Alicia Craig - distance runner
Mike Enzi - United States Senator from Wyoming
Joe Clifford Faust - author
Clint Oldenburg - Denver Broncos player
Glenrock
September 27, 1923 – near Glenrock, Wyoming, soon after the washout of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's bridge over Cole Creek, a passenger train fell through the washout, killing 30 of the train's 66 passengers. This marked the worst railroad accident in Wyoming's history
Green River
The city is known as being one of the first in the United States to ban door-to-door solicitation; see Green River Ordinance
The city was the starting point from which John Wesley Powell started his famous expeditions of the Green River, the Colorado River, and the Grand Canyon in the late 1800s.
The Green River Basin contains the world's largest known deposit of trona ore.
Heather Moody, Olympic water polo silver and bronze medalist.
Curt Gowdy, a famous sports announcer, was born in Green River.
Greybull
Tom Wilkinson, American Football player for several teams in the Canadian Football League
Jim Crawford, American Football player for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League
Brett Keisel, defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Wilford Brimley, actor
Bill Wilkinson Former MLB Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.
Jackson is a major gateway for millions of tourists visiting nearby Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and the National Elk Refuge.
Jackson is also in close proximity to several ski resorts.
Directly southeast of town, there is a small but challenging area known as Snow King, Jackson's original ski hill.
Jackson is host to a number of world-class arts organizations, including the Congressionally-designated National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the Center for the Arts.
Tourist attractions include the world's largest ball of barbed wire,
The town also plays host to the annual Jackson Hole Writers Conference founded by author Warren Adler.
Jackson and the surrounding area has long been a favorite destination for celebrities, many of whom, like Harrison Ford, Gary Shaw[citation needed], former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, Tiger Woods[4], and Sandra Bullock, maintain part-time residences in and around the town of Jackson.
Kaycee
Western music star and rodeo champion Chris LeDoux (1948–2005) resided on a ranch near Kaycee though he was actually born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Kemmerer
Kemmerer is the location of the JC Penney mother store.
The Fossil Butte National Monument is located 15 miles west of Kemmerer, Wyoming on U.S. Highway 30.
Notable People
John Buck, catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers (raised near Kemmerer)
J.C. Penney, founder of the J.C. Penney chain of stores
Kemmerer, referred to as "Old Town," serves as the setting for Philip K. Dick's 1959 sci-fi novel Time Out of Joint.
Lost Springs
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town is one of only four places in the United States to have a population of 1 person.
The others are Hibberts Gore, Maine, Erving's Location, New Hampshire, and New Amsterdam, Indiana
Lovell
The town was the center of a scandal in the 1980s when Dr. John Story was discovered to be sexually abusing patients. He was convicted on six separate charges of sexually assaulting his patients in 1985
Notable People
Don G. Despain - botanist and ecologist
Lusk
The movie Ready to Rumble centered on two men from Lusk helping a washed-up wrestler regain stardom
Notable People
Thomas Wilson Brown, actor
Dick Ellsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher
James G. Watt, United States Secretary of the Interior for much of Ronald Reagan's first term
Medicine Bow
In the middle 1880s, Philadelphia lawyer Owen Wister stopped in town and wrote a description in his journal. He later used the historic setting of Medicine Bow as a backdrop for his novel The Virginian, which is considered to be the first novel of the "Western" Genre.
Newcastle
Charles E. Richardson, a Wyoming newspaper publisher, was born in Newcastle but spent much of his life in Rock Springs.
One of the worst race riots in American history, known as the Rock Springs Massacre, occurred among miners working near Rock Springs on September 2, 1885.[
As of 2006, there are still remains of the old coal mining towns outside of Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Rock Springs was featured on "60 Minutes" in 1970, due to corruption within the Police Department and City Government.[4] A follow up was filmed 20 years later for the show "City Confidential". The episode was named "Rock Springs: Deadly Draw in the Wild West"
Saratoga
Saratoga is the home of the Steinley Cup microbrew competition, held every August at Veterans Island Park
There is also a public pool heated by a hot spring located in Saratoga
Sheridan
Sheridan is mentioned rather briefly in Douglas Adams' final work, The Salmon of Doubt. It is, in the book, a place where scientists think an asteroid will strike. Whether or not the asteroid actually does will never be known; Adams died before he finished the book.
Several scenes of the 2006 film Flicka were filmed on location in Sheridan and in the film K-PAX, Sheridan is the first stickpin location on a map of cattle slaughter companies. Many movies have been filmed in the area including Wild Horses and Endangered Species.
Sheridan is frequently mentioned in the Colonial Radio old west drama serial Powder River.
As Sheridan was ranked number one by the True West Magazine in 2006 for the top western towns and then ranked sixth in the January/February 2007 issue
Notable People
Kanin Asay, bull rider on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association tour
Brad Anderson, CEO Best Buy
Jim Benepe, won 1988 Beatrice Western Open
Buffalo Bill Cody, who auditioned talent for his Wild West Show off the front porch of the Sheridan Inn
William Henry Harrison, U.S. Representative from Wyoming
Bruce Hoffman, former Sheridan College (Wyoming) basketball coach who has the most wins for a coach in junior college basketball history
Robyn Johnson, Miss Wyoming USA 2007
Melody Kekich, 2006 Women's Professional Rodeo Association Team Roping Rookie of the Year
Rod Kekich, 1976 National Finals Rodeo Steer Wrestler
John B. Kendrick, Governor of Wyoming (1915–1917) and U.S. Senator (1917–1933)
Britta Lund, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1991
Leonard McEwan, former Sheridan College trustee and member of the Wyoming Supreme Court and the Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan
Esther McLeod, Miss Wyoming 1949
Clint Oldenburg, was born in Sheridan and is currently playing for the Washington Redskins
Mary Orr, Miss Wyoming 1961
Romaine Patterson, Sirius Satellite Radio talk show host,activist
Elizabeth Swarthout, Miss Wyoming USA 1970
Cris Williamson, singer and songwriter
Shoshoni
Notable People
Isabel Jewell, actress on Broadway and in Hollywood, especially in the 1930s and early 1940s.
After his release from the Sundance Jail in 1888, Harry Longabaugh acquired the moniker the Sundance Kid, which entered the popular imagination in the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which won several Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay. Robert Redford, who portrayed Longabaugh in the movie, later named the Sundance Ski Resort, near Provo, Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival after this character. A sign visible from I-90 proclaims that Sundance is "where the kid got his name."
Ten Sleep
Near the entrance to nearby Ten Sleep Canyon is the former site of the Girl Scout National Center West, a portion of which was one of the largest encampments in the world at 15,000 acres
Ten Sleep was also the site of the Spring Creek Raid,one of the last feuds of the West's Sheep and Cattlemen's War. It was there in March, 1909 that cattlemen attacked sheep herders and their flock, killing three men and shooting hundreds of the sheep. Caught and convicted, this was the end of major conflict, although it was many years before the two livestock growers' groups resolved their differences!
Thayne Randall Luthi, a former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, practices law in Thayne and is managing partner of a nearby ranch.
Thermopolis
It claims the world's largest mineral hot spring as part of Hot Springs State Park
The Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center has an eclectic collection of memorabilia from local pioneers circa 1890 through 1910, with plans to focus on Tim McCoy, who lived in Hot Springs County from 1912 to 1942, during which he built the High Eagle Ranch about 45 miles west of town. He worked for many years as an actor in what are now called B westerns, or lower-budget cowboy movies in Hollywood
Notable People
Dave Freudenthal - Governor of Wyoming Barton
R. Voigt - current Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
Thomas E. "Tom" Walsh, Sr. - mayor of Casper and Wyoming state representative (2003-2008)
Wheatland
The bucking horse Steamboat was stabled in a barn in Wheatland. Steamboat is said to be the model for the bucking horse emblem that appears on the Wyoming state license plate and is the logo for the University of Wyoming
Notable People
Edward Bryant-Science Fiction and Fantasy author who went to school here.
Jim Geringer-Former governor of Wyoming born here
Floyd Shaman-Noted sculptor was born and raised in and around Wheatland.
Harold Hellbaum (1926–2007) - Former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives operated a farm-ranch near Chugwater
Freckles Brown (1921–1987) - PRCA World Champion Bull Rider
