WYOMING - Cody

August 15 Wednesday Started this day off with a visit to Old Trail Town which is the location of the original town of Cody.  There are many famous buildings here which have been deconstructed at their original locations and reconstructed here at Old Trail Town.  I have included lots of pictures of the signage that was at this town as it better explains the various buildings and pictures.

Sign explaining Old Trail Town

Coffin School ...two pictures of the inside are below

Can you imagine a Winchester Rifle poster in today's classrooms?

Hole in the Wall Cabin sign...pictures below

Hole in the Wall Cabin

Inside Hole in the Wall cabin

The other room in the Hole in the Wall cabin

Hole in the Wall gang--names in picture below

Names of the Hole in the Wall gang

Jeremiah Johnston - portrayed by Robert Redford in a movie about him

R. Redford was a pall bearer for the real Jeremiah Johnston he is in the 3rd picture down on the left side of this poster

View of Old Trail Town

We went to visit the Heart Mountain Relocation Center which was opened in 2011 and documents the Japanese that were interred here during WWII.  This was an amazing documentary of their lives here and these pictures capture only a small part of their story.

Signage at the site

Guard tower replica

A photo of a dining hall at the original camp

One of many interesting and sad stories of those interred here--please read and note the famous judge in the picture who is the son of the older couple who were sent here in WWII

Original barracks and chimney of the hospital

WYOMING - Wheatland


August 16 Thursday Left Cody and headed toward Ft. Collins, Colorado, but had to spend one night in Wheatland, Wyoming to break up the drive.  On the way to Wheatland we stopped in Thermopolis to see the Dinosaur Center.   Very interesting....lots of fossils from all over the world.  After the Dinosaur Center we continued through Wind River Canyon onto Wheatland to stay at Mountain View RV Park for the night.  We took some nice pictures going through the Canyon.

Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis!

Famous Trilobite

Notice it was found in Rochester, NY!

Fish fossil

It was found in Germany

Sailed Synapsid

Info about the Sailed Synapsid

Triceratops

Info about Triceratops

Actual fossils of Maiasaura hatchlings

Entering Wind River Canyon

Beautiful rock walls

Entering 3 tunnels

Heading into the 3rd tunnel

WYOMING - Cody 

August 14 Tuesday  Cody is the "Rodeo Capital of the World".   For 93 years, starting officially in 1919, the Cody Stampede Rodeo has been held every summer, and for the past 74 years it has been held EVERY NIGHT of the summer --92 performances!!  We thoroughly enjoyed the rodeo!

RODEO!!  YIPPEE!!

"Hollywood" the bull

Opening ceremony

Very small rider...very big horse

Bucking broncoes

OOPS!

OOPS again!

Calf roping

12 & under chasing 3 calves to get ribbons from their tails

Young rider on a bucking broncoe

AWWW Shucks!

Calf roping

Barrel racing

Bull riding!

WYOMING - Cody

August 13 Monday Visited the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody.   What a place! Five museums in this complex!   The Buffalo Bill Museum, a Firearms Museum, a Plains Indian Museum, Yellowstone Museum, and a Plains Art Museum!  Luckily the ticket that we purchased was good for two days.   It would be impossible to see everything in one day.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Hologram of Buffalo Bill

Original poster of the Wild West Show when it was performed for Queen Victoria in England

The Wild West Show even came to Ithaca and Homer/Cortlan

Annie Oakley

Gun used by Hoss Cartwright in the tv show Bonanza

Guns used by Little Joe & Pa in Bonanza

Gun used by Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke

Ithaca Gun that Gary worked on while at Ithaca Gun

Description of the Ithaca Gun

 Gary even found an Ithaca Gun in the museum that he worked on while he was at Ithaca Gun in the 1970's.  He set up the manufacturing  process for the barrel of this gun.











 

In the Art Museum, we saw this beautiful painting which shows Heart Mountain in the background.  Heart Mountain was the location of a Japanese Interment Camp during WWII.  Last year it was opened as a museum and we visited it. (pictures to follow in a later blog).

Beautiful painting-- Heart Mtn. in background

Description of picture on left

Scene in the Plains Indian Museum

Hotel build by Buffalo Bill in downtown Cody --he named it for his youngest daughter, Irma

..