Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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National Museum of Wildlife Art:
This museum's collection is dedicated to
all things wild, spanning George Catlin's bison to incredible works by Georgia
O'Keeffe, Charlie Russell, and marvelous contemporary artists (
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National Elk Refuge:
Most magical in winter under a blanket of snow, this refuge
is home to more than 5,000 elk. Tour the area by horse-drawn sleigh (
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Rafting on the Snake River:
The Snake winds through the valley, giving floaters
unparalleled access to the area's most stunning views (
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Sinks Canyon State Park:
This natural wonder occurs where the middle fork of
the Popo Agie River “sinks” into a cave and then emerges again in a great spring
(
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Hot Springs State Park:
This park has fabulous limestone terraces as well as
public baths in therapeutic waters (
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The Wyoming Dinosaur Center and Dig Sites:
Here, you can learn about dino-
saurs, see their remains up close, and even dig for a day. There's a chance you'll find
a fossil (
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Buffalo Bill Center of the West:
Here, five remarkable museums capture the art,
natural history, Native American cultures, and legends of the Old West. If you can
visit only one museum in the West, this should be it (
click here
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Chief Joseph Scenic Highway:
This scenic drive has high mountain plateaus
speckled with wildflowers, cascading rivers, and narrow canyons teeming with wild-
life (
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)
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While Wyoming had long been home to the Sioux, Crow, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone,
Gros Ventre, Bannock, and Ute, a party of Frenchmen, traveling and trapping in the north-
western corner of the state as early as 1743, are thought to be the first Europeans in the area.
Perhaps the most influential visitor in encouraging other trappers and mountain men to vis-
it the region was John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who plied his
skills as a trapper in the vicinity of what is now Jackson Hole in 1807-1808. His exploits
and subsequent stories opened the area to an influx of mountain men, trappers, and traders,
and by 1825 men like Jedediah Smith, David Jackson, and Bill Sublette had made names
for themselves as fearless explorers and shrewd businessmen.
