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ficant population boom since 2000, Big Horn has an assortment of fascinating sites and a
unique culture that makes a stop in town worthwhile.
Sights
For starters, the
Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum
(239 Brinton Rd., 307/
672-3173,
www.bbmandm.org
,
10am-5pm Mon.-Sat., noon-5pm Sun., Memorial Day-
Labor Day, $5 adults, $4 seniors and students, free for children under 13, free for everyone
on the first Sun. of every month) is an exquisite little museum housed in a genteel 1920s and
1930s working ranch. Bradford Brinton was a wealthy businessman from Chicago when he
bought the ranch in 1923. He built it into an elaborate estate to showcase his ever-growing
collection of art and then left it to his sister when he died. She meticulously maintained it
and left it to the Northern Trust Company of Chicago, which administers it today. Tours
through the 20-room Brinton home are given, and this magnificent gem has a surprising
number of works by Charlie Russell, Frederic Remington, and numerous other legendary
Western artists.
Another surprising museum in this tiny little town is the
Bozeman Trail Museum
(335
Johnson St., 307/674-6363, 11am-4pm Sat.-Sun. Memorial Day-Labor Day, free). Built in
what was a log blacksmith shop to serve travelers along the trail, the museum includes In-
dian artifacts, photos, pioneer clothing, books, tools, and other artifacts.
Polo
Big Horn is also the polo hotbed of Wyoming. There are practice games on Wednesday
and Friday, and tournament games on Sunday at 2pm in June and at 1pm and 3pm in
July and August, at the noteworthy
Big Horn Equestrian Center
(932 Bird Farm Rd.,
www.thebhec.org
)
. Admission to the announced matches is free, and concessions are avail-
able. Every year on Labor Day Sunday-Monday, the center closes out the season with
Don
King Days,
a classic Western celebration with polo, championship steer roping, bronc rid-
ing, and wild-cow milking. The center is also one of the local favorite places to spend the
Fourth of July, with a phenomenal fireworks display.
THE BOZEMAN TRAIL
Although the Bozeman Trail was not given a name until John Jacobs and John Boze-
man plowed through the region to give optimistic miners and settlers access to the
quickest route through the Powder River Basin, he trail was an ancient migratory
