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 There's plenty to see and do in Wyoming: following in the footsteps of Wyoming's Western pioneers, experiencing Native American culture firsthand, exploring Wyoming’s many natural wonders, joining in the Western fun in any of Wyoming's diverse cities or driving through some of the USA’s most scenic countryside. Rodeo is more than a sport in Wyoming. It’s a way of life. If you plan a visit to the national parks in Wyoming (Yellowstone and Grand Teton) be sure to allow time for a day or night at the rodeo. Many motels, hotels and inns are readily accessible close to Wyoming attractions. Cheyenne is not only Wyoming's capital .... it is also known as the Rodeo and Railroad Capital, giving expression to Cheyenne's many western attractions, including Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration. Cheyenne's colorful railroad history ranges from its historic train depot (the restored former Union Pacific Depot, now a National Historic Landmark) to Big Boy, the world's largest steam engine. Visit Casper for its pioneer past, embodied in the Fort Caspar Museum & Historical Site, trophy trout fishing or golf in Casper on a Robert Trent Jones Jr designed course, or canoe, raft or kayak the North Platte River. Cody represents the Eastern Gateway to Yellowstone National Park. Named after "Buffalo Bill Cody", Cody has long been a symbol of the old American West. A visit to the Buffalo Bill Museum & Historical Center tells the whole story. With plenty of hotel options available, blue ribbon fly fishing, whitewater rafting, and a nightly rodeo, Cody is a great launching point for summer family vacations to Yellowstone. WYOMING HOTELS ATTRACTIONS Casper Wyoming’s second largest city is steeped in the history of pioneers. Fort Caspar Museum & Historical Site, a collection of reconstructed fort buildings at the site where the various historic trails cross, a new National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, and the Mormon Handcart Visitors' Center commemorating the trek across the prairies by the Mormon Pioneers. CASPER HOTELS Going back even further, the Tate Mineralogical Museum has the most complete Aurosaurus skull in the world, and fossilized dinosaur bones can be found on the Cottonwood Creek Dinosaur Trail span 240 million years of geological history. Other attractions include The Casper Planetarium, the Wyoming Science Adventure Center, the Nicolaysen Art Museum and the Werner Wildlife Museum. CASPER HOTELS Cheyenne Wyoming’s State Capital and home to Cheyenne Frontier Days™ , the largest outdoor rodeo in America and the Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Old West Museum & Store. |
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Among the museums are the F.E. Warren Museum portraying Cheyenne life of the late 1800s, the Wyoming State Museum showcasing Wyoming's history, and the newly renovated Union Pacific Train Depot which contains the Visitor Information Center and a train museum. Cody Home of Buffalo Bill and the gateway to Yellowstone National Park. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, tabbed by The New York Times as “The Smithsonian of the West”, includes several internationally acclaimed museums: The Buffalo Bill Museum, the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Plains Indian Museum and the Draper Museum of Natural History with plans to integrate humanities with natural sciences. Other attractions include Trail Town, a collection of historic buildings from Wyoming’s frontier days, Blackburn's Wild West Shooting Show, Cody Gunslingers, and The Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center, a natural history, water development and engineering museum. CODY HOTELS Devils Tower National Monument The1,280 foot rock giant looms over the Belle Fouche River in a place where the pine forests of the Black Hills merge with grasslands. Its sides appear to have been gouged by the claws of some giant beast. Evanston There are historical buildings at Depot Square Park and visitors can trade with some "real live" 1840-1850 era folks at the reconstruction of mountain men Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez's trading post, Fort Bridger. EVANSTON HOTELS Flaming Gorge Reservoir Said to be "the fishing hot spot of America". Fossil Butte National Monument Located in Kemmerer, takes visitors back millions of years to when the area was an ocean. This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world. Fort Laramie National Historic Site Located three miles southwest of the town of Fort Laramie, the fort played a key role in the fur trade, the overland emigration, the gold rush, the Plains Indian wars and Wyoming's settlement. Gillette At the center of history and western tradition. Gillette’s Rockpile Museum offers a hands-on-view of artifacts from cowboys, Indians, soldiers and homesteaders. The Cam-Plex Multi-Event Facility includes a fine arts theater and rodeo grounds. GILLETTE HOTELS Grand Teton National Park Famous for the high spires erupting from the Jackson Hole Valley. Twelve Teton peaks reach above 12,000 feet elevation, high enough to support a dozen mountain glaciers. Jackson Famous bars inlaid with silver dollars and swinging country-western music makes Jackson’s nightlife interesting. For a different sort of wildlife there is the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and the National Elk Refuge a natural wintering area for the region’s thousands of elk. JACKSON HOTELS Jackson Hole – Jim Bridger Country Early trappers and fur traders first came here for the prized beaver, but today it's nature lovers, fisherman, rafters and hikers. Laramie The Wyoming Territorial Park invites visitors to experience first-hand what life was like in 19th-century Wyoming. The Park is home to the National U.S. Marshals Museum which features the chronicling of the first 200 years of the nation's oldest federal law enforcement agency. LARAMIE HOTELS Medicine Bow - Flaming Gorge Country "The Great Pathfinders" who explored and led the wagon trains along the Overland Trail were the first to travel this region of Wyoming. Pinedale Museum of the Mountain Men houses artifacts of the Western Fur trade. PINEDALE HOTELS Saratoga Much of the history of Saratoga revolves around its mineral hot springs and thermal waters. The Saratoga Museum includes a blacksmith shop, homestead cabin, dental display and western heritage displays. Star Valley Known as "Little Switzerland of America". Thermopolis Hot Mineral Pools, said to be the world’s largest, are open year round. Two attractions are the Old West Wax Museum of historical characters, and the Wyoming Dinosaur Center where visitors can take a dig site tour, or dig for a day. THERMOPOLIS HOTELS Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone is home to some of the most beautiful natural sights and attractions in the world, including the world's most well known geyser, Old Faithful, and the nation's highest, large freshwater lake and a waterfall that towers almost twice as high as Niagara and a canyon that plunges to a remarkable 1,220-foot depth. Photo courtesy Wyoming Travel & Tourism |
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