Newsflash

Scouts Award Breakfast

 

Cub Scout and Boy Scout Troop 151 will be having an awards ceremony to include the Arrow Of Light and Cross Over for the Cub Scouts, and a Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts. Breakfast is provided, and a cake auction will follow to raise funds for the troop. This event is open to the public, friends and family of the Scouts, former Scouts, military and community members are all invited.

 

The breakfast will start at 9:00 in the Community Center in Medicine Bow, on Saturday, February 20th, 2010.

 

Free Spaghetti Dinner

 

A free spaghetti dinner will be given as part of a market survey for the need of a grocery store in Medicine Bow. Input is welcomed and needed from all concerned citizens. Those who live in Hanna, Elk Mountain, and Rock River are also invited to attend.

 

The dinner will be held at the Community Center in Medicine Bow on Saturday, February 20th, 2010. It will run from 5:00 - 7:00 PM.

 

Census Takers Needed

 

The local Census department will be at the Community Hall on Jan. 22 at 1pm to take applications and test applicants for temporary positions working for the Census Bureau this summer.  Interested persons should call 1-866-861-2010 for more information and come to the Community Hall on the above date to apply for the jobs.  More information can be found at www.2010censusjobs.gov

 

Ice Skating

 

Workers from the town of Medicine Bow filled the skating pond with water, on Friday, January 8th. With the weather that we've been having lately, the pond should be ready for family fun fairly quickly.

 
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Visitors/Hunters

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Medicine Bow Museum

 Medicine Bow Museum

 

 Admission: Free
(Donations are greatfully accepted)

 

The Medicine Bow Museum is located in the old railroad depot, across the highway from the Virginian Hotel. The depot was built in November 1913, after a fire destroyed the original depot earlier that same year.

The Union Pacific Railroad closed the depot in 1981, and it was deeded to the Town and placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1982. In 1983, the depot became home to the Medicine Bow Museum and its colorful Old West and Local History Artifacts.

 

Medicine Bow Museum Sign

 

The Owen Wister Cabin and Monument are located next to the museum. The cabin was used as Wister's summer home and winter hunting lodge in the Jackson Hole Area, and brought to Medicine Bow as a bicentennial project by the Town's Lion's Club.

The Monument, made of petrified wood, was erected in 1939, as a tribute to Owen Wister and his book "The Virginian."

A caboose, given to the Museum by the U.P. Railroad, is a reminder of the importance the railroad played in the past.

The Owen Wister General Store, just South of the Museum, is the actual store building where Owen Wister slept on the counter upon arriving in Medicine Bow in 1885.

 

Medicine Bow Brands Sign

 

At the Museum, you will enjoy looking at the brands for cattle and sheep ranches in the Medicine Bow area.

The Museum is open daily during the summer months and hunting season, and part-time during the winter months. Contact the Medicine Bow Museum, (307) 379-2383;, P.O. Box 187, Medicine Bow, WY 82329, for times and dates or E-Mail them at Medicine Bow Museum if you like.

(See the "History of Depot - Museum.")

Visit the State of Wyoming Museums site