Reservation,
Western
where Arapaho
or Shoshone
powwows are
held nearly every
weekend from late
Heritage Tour
May to the end of July. To the
east, visit Casper’s fascinating
National Historic Trails
Interpretive Center, then
head north to Kaycee’s rugged
The Western Heritage Tour begins in Minneapolis/St. Paul,
In southeast Wyoming, Hole in the Wall country where
Fort Laramie was a major Butch Cassidy, the Sundance
Minnesota – a major international gateway to the Real America
stop on the Oregon Trail and Pony Kid and their gang hid out; the
region – and concludes in Bozeman, Montana, where a
Express routes; the state capital, Indian Wars sites of Fort Phil
Cheyenne, stages the world’s Kearny and the Fetterman
connecting fl ight returns travellers to Minneapolis.
largest outdoor rodeo, Cheyenne Battlefi eld near Buffalo;
Frontier Days, and you can and Sheridan’s picturesque
view outlaw Butch Cassidy’s cell in Historic Sheridan Inn,
A
fter fl ying into Museum tells the tragic story Laramie’s Wyoming Territorial associated with legendary Western
Minneapolis/St Paul, of the notorious 1890 Indian Prison. showman “Buffalo Bill” Cody.
stock up for your great massacre, while Rapid City is Central Wyoming is home Just over the Montana
Western Heritage Tour at the gateway to the Wind River Indian border, the Little Bighorn
the nearby Mall of America, to the colossal Battlefi eld is the site of General
the largest shopping mall in the mountainside Custer’s legendary 1876 “Last Stand,”
USA. Then head southwest to De memorial to De Smet and Hardin stages the state’s
Smet, South Dakota, the legendary largest Native American celebration,
“Little Town on the Prairie” where Indian warrior
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories of Crazy Horse
pioneer life come alive; Mitchell, and Mount
home of the exotic Corn Palace; Rushmore
and Chamberlain to visit the National
outstanding Native American Memorial.
Akta Lakota Museum. The Black Hills
To the north are the state area of South
capital, Pierre, and Fort Dakota also includes the colourful
Pierre, associated with famous Wild West town of Deadwood
19th-century explorers Lewis and and 244,000-acre Custer State
Clark. Wall’s Wounded Knee Park, where bison still roam.
Great Falls
Montana
Big Hole
National
Battlefield Bozeman
90
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Salmon
Sheridan
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Idaho
Yellowstone
Cody
Deadwood De Smet
National
Park
Wall
25
90
Boise
Ketchum
Grand Teton Rapid City Mitchell
National Chamberlain
Park
Casper
84 Wyoming
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne
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