Cowboy traditions run deep in this area. Eaton's Guest Ranch at Wolf, located west of Sheridan, started the Dude Ranch tradition in Wyoming and still shelters guests in log cabins or leads them on horseback adventures into the Bighorns. Paradise Ranch began operations 100 years ago and has a number of special activities planned to celebrate that centennial this year. In Sheridan, you will be able to find all the gear a cowboy could need at several different stores such as the unparalleled King Ropes where you can buy a rope, cowboy gear, and see the saddles and other paraphernalia of the cowboys in the King Museum. When Queen Elizabeth visited Wyoming, she found goods to her liking at Kings.

For a chance to experience how the early ranchers lived, visit the Bradford Brinton Memorial near Bighorn, or the Kendrick mansion in Sheridan. In Buffalo, see the wagons and learn about the violent history of the range wars at the Jim Gatchell Museum. And to really appreciate this cowboy country, spend time at Eatons, Paradise or the HF Bar and cowboy-up in the Bighorns.