Medicine Bow Museum
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.
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.
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
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