| For those interested in our rich
history, there are several famous historical sites such as Fort Phil Kearny,
where several important Indian battles were fought. The Fort is located just a short drive
from the ranch. |
Fort Phil Kearny |
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| Wagon Box Fight - On August 2, 1876,
Captain Powell and 31 other soldiers were able to withstand a large Indian attack led by
Red Cloud and his nephew. The woodcutting detail had been recently supplied with the newly
converted Springfield breech loading rifles. This new firearm technology and the
protection the circled wagon boxes were influencing factors in this famous battle. |
Wagon Box Fight
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| Hole-in-the-Wall and Outlaw Cave - The
Hole in the Wall is closely associated with such names as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid
and the Wild Bunch along with other lesser known outlaws who frequented this area of
southern Johnson County while evading the law. The entire area west of Kaycee is
referred at as the Hole-in-the-Wall Country. The Hole-in-the-Wall area is characterized by
spectacular red rock buttes and wide open spaces. It is a short drive south from Folded
Hills Ranch. |
"Hole-in-the-Wall" - Near Kaycee, Wyoming |
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| The Custer Battlefield
is the site where The Battle of the Little Bighorn began on June 25, 1876 between the U.S.
Army's seventh cavalry and several bands of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho. It
is located in southern Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation, and is about a 1-hour drive
from Folded Hills Ranch. |
Custer Battlefield
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| Cody, Wyoming is home to the five museum
complex of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Its third of a million square feet of
exhibition space makes it one of America’s largest museum complexes. The complex
includes the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Plains Indian
Museum, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and the Draper Museum of Natural History. |
Buffalo Bill Historical Center - Cody, Wyoming
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| Buffalo, Wyoming hosts the
accredited Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, the Historic Occidental
Hotel and other historic sites. Buffalo is just a few minutes drive north from
Folded Hills Ranch. |
Jim Gatchell Museum - Buffalo, Wyoming |
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| Sheridan, Wyoming
has the historic Sheridan Inn, the King Ropes Museum, Trails End Museum and many other
fine attractions. Sheridan also has a fine shopping district and fine dining
opportunities. |
Historic Sheridan Inn - Sheridan, Wyoming |
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| Two routes into the Big
Horn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest, US Highway 16 from
Buffalo and US Highway 14 from Ranchester (12 miles north of Sheridan) can be accessed
after a short drive from Folded Hills Ranch. Along both of these routes you can see
spectacular scenery and wildlife. |
Big Horn Mountains & Bighorn National Forest |
