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Travels in Geology: The wild east of Wyoming: Bone wars, outlaw hideouts and crack climbing
by Mary Caperton Morton Thursday, May 24, 2018
Eastern Wyoming is known for its wide open spaces. Credit: Mary Caperton Morton
When vacationers plan trips to Wyoming, the western half of the state, with its grizzly bears, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, tends to be the biggest draw. But Eastern Wyoming home to bone wars, outlaw hideouts and the nation’s first national monument also boasts a captivating mix of Wild West history and geologic marvels.
Hundreds of thousands of emigrants made their way from Independence, Mo., to Oregon City, Ore., just outside of Portland, along the Oregon Trail, which ran through southeastern Wyoming. In many parts of Eastern Wyoming, the landscape is largely unchanged since those days. A driving loop around this part of the state, from Cheyenne through Casper, up to Devils Tower and then back south through Thunder Basin National Gr
My Wyoming Bucket list
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here are literally millions of Americans who will be visiting Wyoming this summer seeking out those secret spots. I will be one of them.
This column is my annual “Wyoming Bucket List” of those places that I have always wanted to visit. Some of them were featured in my three- volume trilogy of coffee table books about Wyoming but many were not.
Either way, I am eager to go see them.
Now readers need to know that Wyoming is full of many of the most scenic places in the world, such as Yellowstone National Park, Teton National Park, Devils Tower National Monument, the Medicine Wheel, the Oregon Trail, the Red Desert, and the Wind River Indian Reservation.