West — Site filing

Sites with a file in Wyoming

Wyoming carries 30 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

30 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsJenny Lake — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20 Washington18

Other Wyoming filings:Towns11 Ghost towns6 Hotels4

Jenny Lake

The lake—where the Tetons drop into the water.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Menor’s Ferry

The 1899 ferry—where the river was crossed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Chapel of the Transfiguration

The 1925 chapel—where the Tetons fill the window.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bar BC Dude Ranch

The 1912 dude ranch—where the Rockefellers played cowboy.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Boysen

Shoshoni, Wyoming

The 1952 dam—where the river meets the reservoir.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Brooks Lake

Dubois, Wyoming

The lake—where the outlaw’s cabin stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jackson Lake

The lake—where the dam raised the water.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Colter Bay

The bay—where the Jackson Lake cabins stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Oxbow Bend

The bend—where the Snake River slows for the bear.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cunningham Cabin

The 1888 cabin—where the ranchers’ valley stayed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lamar Valley

Tower Junction, Wyoming

The valley—where the wolves watch the bison.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hayden Valley

Canyon, Wyoming

The valley—where the grizzlies dig the roots.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fishing Bridge

The bridge—where the cutthroat spawn.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Sinks Canyon

Lander, Wyoming

The river that disappears—where the Popo Agie sinks into the rock.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie, Wyoming

The fort where the treaties were signed—the trail’s heart.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Heart Mountain

Powell, Wyoming

The camp between the mountain and the sage—14,000 interned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Lovell, Wyoming

The wheel on the mountain—where the stars were read.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Jackson Hole

Jackson, Wyoming

The valley—where the trappers held their rendezvous.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sunlight Basin

The basin—where the gold and the grizzlies stay.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pryor Mountains

Lovell, Wyoming

The mountains—where the Little People are said to live.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Paint Rock

Hyattville, Wyoming

The rock art—where the pictographs stay on the cliff.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Owl Creek Mountains

Thermopolis, Wyoming

The range—where the owl-worshipping tribe camped.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Anchor Dam

Owl Creek, Wyoming

The dam that doesn’t hold water—the karst swallow it.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Union Pass

Dubois, Wyoming

The 1869 pass—where the Continental Divide was crossed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Togwotee Pass

The 1911 pass—where the road finally came through.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Signal Mountain

The mountain—where the signal fires burned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Yellowstone

Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming

The 1891 fort—where the Army ran the park.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Norris Geyser Basin

Yellowstone, Wyoming

The hottest basin—where Steamboat blows 300 feet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Yellowstone Canyon

Canyon, Wyoming

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone—where the falls drop 308 feet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kirby / Hell’s Half Acre

The badlands where the outlaws hid—and the scarp that starred in Starship Troopers.

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