Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years

100 Years of the Canyon Highway

The Yellowstone Highway through the Wind River Canyon was a radical idea when it was first proposed. A few remote ranchers protested that they didn’t need a road and didn’t want to pay a new tax for one since they would never own a vehicle. The town founders, however, were desperate for an easier route for autoists to reach the inaccessible town of Thermopolis and met personally with these protest...

 
 
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