Natural and Man-made Points of Interest in the United States of America
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This was the site of the Burnt Ranch Stage and Pony Express Station. Indians attacked and burned this station in the 1860's, which gave it the name, "Burnt Ranch".
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The Museum of the American West is part of a museum complex that includes a living history village, a county-owned museum, a picnic pavilion, and a walking path.
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Wind River is the seventh-largest Indian reservation in the United States, encompassing a land area of 3,473.272 square miles (8,995.733 kmē). It is shared by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.
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The Honor Farm, originally called the Penitentiary Farm, was acquired by the State Legislature in 1931. It is a minimum security facility. The original administration building is still standing and in use.
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