There is much Oregon, California, Mormon and Pony Express country to explore farther west, such as Independence Rock, Devils Gate and the Mormon Handcart Visitor center, where you can actually walk on trail remnants. You can find information at Fort Caspar or at the Historic Trails Interpretive Center to either select a route along Wyoming Highway 220 or over county roads that remain closer to the trail routes.

For a change, travel north to Bozeman Trail country by taking Interstate 25 through Kaycee to Buffalo. There, visit the Jim Gatchell Museum with its collection of wagons and other local history, before continuing north to Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site, where you can learn about the Native American battles that occurred as a result of military and emigrant use of the Bozeman Trail.

End your trip in Sheridan at Trail End State Historic Site, once the home of John B. Kendrick. As a young man, Kendrick followed a cattle trail from Texas north to Wyoming, eventually becoming a U.S. Senator and the Wyoming governor. Or, visit the Sheridan Inn, where William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody – once a Pony Express rider – later recruited cowboys to participate in his Wild West shows.