Escape to the historic Powder River Basin city and revel in its rich history.
Few towns are more thoroughly Western than Buffalo, Wyoming, and isn’t the name perfect? It conjures images of the great beasts roaming the plains, grizzled hunters in pursuit, Indians relying on them for their very lives.
Well, the buffaloes probably have nothing to do with it.
The most commonly told naming story says that early residents tossed their suggestions into a hat. The choice drawn was that of William Hart, who thought the name of his hometown, Buffalo, New York, would fit just fine.
The tale adds to the uniqueness of the town, incorporated in 1884, that today draws 600,000 visitors a year to its various activities and venues.
The latter includes the still-thriving Occidental Hotel, founded in 1880. Guests have included Calamity Jane, Teddy Roosevelt, Buffalo Bill and Owen Wister, author of the ground-breaking Western novel, The Virginian. He spent hours in the hotel saloon studying characters and using what he saw in the book.
The lobby alone makes a great stop. It has etched windowpanes, embossed ceilings and antique furnishings. The saloon has a 25-foot bar and 23 bullet holes in the tin ceiling and woodwork. Count ’em and drink up!
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Where Did the Loot Go? - This is one of those find the money stories. And it's one that has attracted treasure hunters for more than 150 years.
Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang's last heist? Up to a dozen members of the Reno Gang stopped a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis train at a watering station in southern Indiana. The outlaws had prior intelligence about its main load: express car safes held about $97,000 in government bonds and notes. In the process of the job, one of the crew was killed and two others hurt. The gang made a clean getaway with the loot.
Hero of Horsepower - Los Angeles lawman William Hammel tamed one of the West's wildest towns with hard work and horseless carriages.
Los Angeles lawman William Hammel tamed one of the West's wildest towns with hard work and horseless carriages.
From the Basin to the Plains
Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne.
COLLECTING AMERICAN OUTLAWS
Wilbur Zink has preserved the Younger Gang's history in more ways than one.
Spencer's West
After the Civil War, savvy frontiersmen chose the Spencer repeating carbine.
Firearms With a Storied Past
Rock Island gavels off high profits from historic firearms.
She Means Business!
An energetic and ambitious woman has come to Lincoln, New Mexico, to restore the town's legendary Ellis Store.
Ride that Train!
HERITAGE RAILROADS KEEP THE OLD WEST ALIVE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
Saddle Up with a Western
Old West fiction and nonfiction are the perfect genres to fill your summer reading list.
RENEGADES OF THE RAILS
RAILROADS WERE OPEN SEASON FOR OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY OUTLAW GANGS.