After leaving Rand Creek Ranch we were eastbound for Cody, WY.
Within a 1/4 mile of RCR is a log church.
Stopping for gas we saw this industrial strength camper. Its built on a Ford F550 chassis.
If you pass though Cody and miss the Buffalo Bill Center of the West you have missed one of the best museums in the country. It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian and the facility and displays are remarkable.
Lets take a look...
On the outside there numerous bronze sculptures.
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| Colonel William F Cody... Buffalo Bill. |
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| Pony Express Rider |
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| Sacagawea and her baby Jean Baptiste |
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| Little Turtle: chief of the Miami people, and one of the most famous Native American military leaders |
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| Washakie- Chief of the Shoshone. |
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| Bird Woman (Sacagawea) |
Now let's see what is inside.
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| The Cougar is a mount, The moose head is carved form wood |
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| On the moose's antler is a Western Swallowtail Butterfly |
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| Snowy Owl |
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| White Mountain goat |
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| Big Horn Sheep |
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| Marmot (Similar to a ground hog) |
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| Fox |
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| Bear and Badger |
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| Golden Eagle |
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| Fox - Coyote - Gray Wolf- Dire Wolf |
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| Bobcat |
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| Otters will prey on small beavers. |
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| Clark's Nutcracker |
Archeology is big in Wyoming
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| Palm Fraun |
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| These guys didn't have much to say. |
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| Stingray |
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| Crocodile |
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| Saber Tooth Cat |
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| Greater Sage- Grouse |
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| Greater Sage-Grouse hen |
When I was there many years ago they had trigger finger bones on display that were taken from the soldiers at The Little Big Horn, guess it's not proper now to have such things.
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