The stark landscape of Southwest Wyoming hides a vast array of natural treasures – from the mineral riches which started so much of the area’s settlements to the fossilized remains of ancient animals in the layers of rock of Fossil Butte National Monument. Fort Bridger was the last stop in Wyoming for the major emigrant trails and today’s visitors can get of sense of what those early pioneers saw in Southwest Wyoming. Home to more than 1,600 wild horses in five separate Wild Horse Herd Management areas, Southwest Wyoming is the place for visiting these majestic animals in the wild.
Deep in the Teton Wilderness, I have one foot in the Atlantic Ocean. The other is in the Pacific. I turn 180 degrees. The foot that had been in the Atlantic is now in the Pacific and the Pacific one in the Atlantic. I lift my one foot out of the Pacific and, springing off the one in the Atlantic, land with both in the Pacific. Another standing broad jump has both feet in the Atlantic. read more
The story of Evanston is largely a story of the Union Pacific Railroad, which was, at that time laying track through the county at the rate of seven miles per day. read more
