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I-80 Southern Corridor

The southern corridor covers three distinct regions - the Front Range in the far east, Medicine Bow Country in the east and center, and the Red Desert in the center and west.  Click here for a photo montage of the region.

 
 

Front Range Adventures

  
  Amidst the rolling hills of the front range's wheat country, you can step back in time and see history in the making.  At Pine Bluffs Archeological Site and in historic Cheyenne, you'll catch a glimpse of Wyoming life as it once was.  Looking up at the gorgeous Tiffany stained glass skylights in our State Capitol building, you'll appreciate the Wyoming citizen's desire to meld the best of civilization with a sturdy frontier spirit.  
     
  Albin
 city information		 Preserved sod homestead house of C. B. Irwin  
  Cheyenne
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Evening Thunderstorm

   Cheyenne Botanic Gardens  
  Cheyenne Frontier Days, this week-long rodeo celebration is aptly called the "Daddy of 'em All".  
  Curt Gowdy State Park located in the Laramie Mountains 20 minutes west on WY Hwy 210.  
  F. E. Warren Air Force Base - original buildings and museum  
  Historic Governor's Mansion built in 1904 features paintings, antique furnishings, and photographs of Wyoming's history reflecting the residencies of 19 Wyoming first families.  
  Holliday Park - Railroad buffs will want to stop and see the Big Boy locomotive on display here, one of only 25 ever made.  
  Old West Museum interprets the history, traditional art, and culture of Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, and Laramie County.  
  UP Railroad Depot, an elaborate depot built in 1886 of red and grey sandstone.  
  Wyoming State Capitol features marble floors, cherry staircases, and stained glass ceilings by Tiffany.  
  Wyoming State Museum tells the stories of Wyoming's human and natural history.  
  Pine Bluffs
 city information		   Archaeological excavation  
  Texas Trail Museum  
 



 

  
 

Adventures in Medicine Bow Country

 
  Three mountains ranges, the Laramie Mountains, the Medicine Bow Mountains and the Sierra Madres, create vast regions of untouched country with wide open beauty and carefully hidden surprises.  In the few towns of the region, you'll also find an unusually varied collection of high quality museums and historical sites.  Take time to enjoy those that catch your fancy.


Laramie Plains

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Sierra Madre

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Snowy Range

  
     
  Centennial "Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Centennial area snowmobile trails  
  Nici Self Museum is partially housed in a 1907 Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad depot.  Exhibits cover the general history of the Centennial Valley with a 1944 UP caboose and many large pieces of ranching, farming, and mining equipment.  
  Snowy Range Ski and Recreation Area  
  Encampment
city information		 "Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Encampment area snowmobile trails  
  Grand Encampment Museum depicts the history of the area including a pioneer village and two-story outhouse.  
  Woodchoppers Jamboree  
  Hanna
city information		   Hanna Basin Museum covers the general history of the Hanna area including coal camps, railroads, and homesteading.  
  Laramie
city information		   American Heritage Center - research archives  
  Fort Sanders - historic marker  
  Laramie Plains Museum, housed in a historic Victorian mansion, features antiques and artifacts.  
  University of Wyoming Art Museum with a collection including European, African, Asian, and South American arts.  
  University of Wyoming Anthropology Museum - materials from over 11,000 years of Wyoming history with items from North and South America, Easter Island, the Near East, and Asia  including ancient bison skulls and mammoth bones.  
  University of Wyoming Geologic Museum features an Apatosaurus skeleton along with displays of prehistoric animals and plants, rocks, and minerals.

Wyoming Geologic Museum in Laramie, Wyoming

  
  Wyoming Children's Museum with hands-on interactive exhibits on topics such as the Oregon Trail and Native Americans.  
  Wyoming Territorial Park with restored 1870's territorial prison, is a unique place to absorb some of the flavor of Wyoming's heritage.  It includes the U.S. Marshals Museum, demonstrations of historic crafts, puppet shows, stagecoach rides, a dinner theater, and other entertainment.  
  Vedauwoo Recreation Area, a boulder terrain area 15 miles east of Laramie on I-80 with hiking and climbs from 5.0 to 5.14.  
  Medicine Bow
city information		   Como Bluff yielded 26 species of dinosaur and 45 species of Jurassic mammals.  The area is currently closed to the public.  
  Medicine Bow Museum has artifacts from the Medicine Bow area.  
  Union Pacific Depot was in service from 1913 to 1981.  
  Virginian Hotel completed in 1911 by August Grimm, Medicine Bow's first mayor, and his partner George Plummer.  
  Rawlins
city information		   Carbon County Museum features Big Nose George Parrot and other exhibits of the natural and cultural history of Carbon County.  
  Wyoming Frontier Prison operated from 1901 to 1981.  Guided tours are available.  
  Saratoga
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   Saratoga Hot Pool - free outdoor swimming pool  
  Saratoga Museum is housed in the railroad depot and has ranching, logging, and sheep herding exhibits.  
"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Saratoga area snowmobile trails  
  Snowy Range Scenic Byway (WY Hwy 130 from Saratoga to Centennial) crosses 10,847' Snowy Range Pass in the Medicine Bow Mountains.

Sunset near Saratoga, Wyoming
Sunset near Saratoga

  
  Savery   Little Snake River Valley Museum displays Jim Baker's cabin and canoe, and furniture and other household items.  
"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Savery area snowmobile trails  
  Sinclair
city information		   Fort Fred Steele - marker and interpretive displays  
  Seminoe State Park - located 25 miles northeast  
  Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway (Exit 219 off I-80 to Alcova) is a gravel and paved road that follows the North Platte River through the Seminoe Mountains.  
 



 

  
 

Red Desert Adventures

  
  A giant thumb print in the great divide, the Red Desert region makes few concessions to humanity's needs.  For those willing to take it on its own terms, however, it offers the largest stretch of unfenced land in the lower 48 states, free ranging herds of wild horses and desert elk, and spectacular, almost alien beauty.  Overland, Oregon, and Mormon Trail landmarks remind us of the pioneers who dared to pit themselves against the rugged strength of this land with little more than raw courage and determination to pull them through.  
     
  Evanston
 city information		   Bear River State Park just south of exit 6  
  The Blyth and Fargo Building, a renovated 1872 general store, displays old store memorabilia and furnishings.  
  Chinese Joss House Museum displays artifacts of the Chinese in Evanston from 1870 to 1939.  Although small, the museum provides a rare glimpse into the lives of the Chinese workers that came with the railroad.  
  Mirror Lake Scenic Byway (Hwy 150 to Kamas, UT) bisects the western portion of the Uinta Mountains.  
  Uinta County Museum offers local history, ranching, household, railroad, fashion, military, Native American, and Chinese displays.  
  Fort Bridger   Fort Bridger Historic Site - restored and reconstructed buildings and museum  
  Rendezvous (September)  
  Granger
 city information		   Site of 1834 mountain man rendezvous  
  Green River
 city information		   Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is home to Firehole Canyon and 91-mile Flaming Gorge Lake.  
  Powell Expedition (1869) Island Park  
  Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge  
  Sweetwater County Historical Museum interprets the history of Sweetwater County.  
  Trona Mining Museum, located in the County Courthouse, portrays the history of trona mining.
  Lyman
 city information		   Fort Supply - monument  
  Bridger Valley Heritage Museum, located on the second floor in the Lyman Town Hall.  
  McKinnon   Site of 1824 mountain man rendezvous  
  Piedmont   A well preserved ghost town with three large charcoal kilns located seven miles south of I-80 on Country Road 128


Charcoal Kilns

  
  Rock Springs
 city information		   Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway (Hwy 191 and Hwy 530)  This byway loop covers the first 100 miles of spectacular redrock country in the Green River-Colorado River drainage basin which continues south to the Grand Canyon.  
  Natural History Museum of Western Wyoming College features paleontology and other natural history material from southwest Wyoming with full-scale casts of Wyoming dinosaurs throughout the campus.  
  Point of Rocks Stage Station - 20 miles east on I-80


Point of Rocks Stage Station

  
  Rock Springs Historical Museum focuses on Rock Springs’ ethnic groups and coal mining.  


Updated:  01/10/2008


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