Miss Kate & The Sheridan Inn

Have you ever loved something so much that you wanted to be immortalized with that love with your own afterlife?
Hollywood’s Wyoming | Films set in the Cowboy State

First, for aliens, Wyoming was a huge setting for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where the famous Devil’s Tower was the setting for the first contact of extraterrestrials. Another location was used for filming in the science fiction film Starship Troopers.
The Tale of Bomber Mountain

In 1945, two cowboys in the bighorns came across a grisly site– A missing WWII bomber.
Big Nose George and the Governor’s Shoes

Let me tell you the story of why a Wyoming Governor wore shoes made from human skin to his inauguration.
The Yellowstone Zone of Death

Just to be clear, we are NOT endorsing anyone to actually commit murder. This is all just a thought experiment really.
Amelia Earhart’s Wyoming Homestead

If not for her untimely disappearance in 1937, the most famous female aviator in history might have become a resident of the cowboy state.
The Real Oregon Trail: Wyoming’s Landmarks

The original game shared many of the modern elements to the game that anyone would recognize; choosing your start time, buying initial supplies, trekking between well-known landmarks just like the pioneers did on the way west.
The Great Buffalo Bill Body Heist

Legend says a band of “Wyoming Faithful sneaked into the funeral home and spirited the real Cody back to his home in the Cowboy State.”
Owen Wister & The Virginian

I didn’t sleep much, but that might have been more because it was November and the heat didn’t reach all the way to the third floor than any spirits– either from the saloon downstairs or elsewhere.
The Time Garfield Made Me Think Wyoming was Fake

So what does one do with the knowledge that their state doesn’t exist? Well, first you cry. Then you pick yourself up and go find mom— mom knows everything, so she’ll make it make sense to you, don’t worry.










