City Hall, 46 North Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

The Idlewild Café was located here for many years before it closed in the 1980s. City Hall moved into this 1900 one-story brown stucco building after the City Hall building next door was razed in 1973. The original two-story 1885 City Hall building was located in the current City Hall’s parking lot.

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Jim Gatchell Museum Distance 0.00 miles

The Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum has been a part of the Buffalo community since 1900 when Jim Gatchell opened a drugstore. The Buffalo Pharmacy was a stopping place for cowboys, lawmen, settlers, cattle barons, and famous army scouts. As a trusted friend of the region’s Native Americans, he received many gifts representing the culture including guns, war bonnets, tools, medicine bags, bows, arrows, and clothing.

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Johnson County Courthouse, 76 North Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

Built in 1884 the Johnson County Courthouse is the oldest building on Main Street and one of the oldest structures still standing in Wyoming. At one time the courthouse had a cupola, a long hitching post, and a bandstand. Remodeling has occurred after WWII, in 1973, 1986, 1994, and 2010.

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The Occidental Museum Distance 0.00 miles

Enjoy the ambiance of the late 1800s and early 1900s as you learn the history of this region, from stories of the Bozeman Trail, to local Indian battles, to the Johnson County Cattle War and more. The Occidental Hotel Museum is a repository for those days of the past when buffalo still roamed the range, when US armies battled natives for control of the countryside, when the likes of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid stole horses, robbed trains and hid out at the famous Hole-In-The-Wall sou... Read more...

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Hersey Apartments, 158 North Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

Before becoming the Hersey Apartments, it was a roller rink and a center for public events. Dating to 1909, this building was the training facility for Buffalo’s militia, known as the Armory, organized after Fort McKinney closed in 1894.

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Hoofprints of the Past Museum Distance 0.00 miles

Hoofprints of the Past Museum was founded in 1989 by a group of Kaycee volunteers in order to preserve the unique local cultural heritage of Kaycee and the surrounding countryside. That heritage includes Native Americans, the Bozeman Trail, Trappers, Traders, and Pioneers, Fort Reno, German Missionaries settlement, and the Portuguese Houses site, conflicts with natives such as the Dull Knife Battle, the Cattle Boom, Cattle Barons and Frewen Castle, the Johnson County War, the Outlaw Era, the Hol... Read more...

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How the railroad came to Buffalo Distance 0.00 miles

Buffalo residents expressed a desire for the railroad as early as the late 1880s for the transportation of livestock and goods. At the time, Buffalo was a small city only accessible by poorly maintained roads. After the railroad companies bypassed Buffalo, the town decided to build a connection to the railroad. The Buffalo Railway Company was formed in 1912 to finance the project.

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Cheyenne Depot Museum Distance 0.00 miles

Cheyenne Depot Museum

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Duffy's Bluff Distance 0.00 miles

Charles Duffy was chosen as the general manager for the new Buffalo Railway Company in 1912. The route was surveyed, first from Buffalo to Ucross and later extended to Clearmont. Ranches, right-of ways, canals and water rights were purchased. By the time the route was ready for construction, WWI had started. Duffy was still able to get the needed supplies, although it took him almost six years to complete the railroad. Buffalo residents questioned his ability to complete this project and called ... Read more...

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Sheridan County Museum Distance 0.00 miles

Sheridan County Museum

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#105 Buffalo Locomotive Distance 0.00 miles

The #105 Locomotive, now sitting in Buffalo’s George Washington Park, was bought by the railroad in 1930. The locomotive model was the Chicago Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Class H-2, 2-6-0 no. 1175 Locomotive. The 2-6-0 meant two leading wheels on one axle, six powered and coupled driving wheels with no trailing wheels. The #105 had an 1898 Pittsburgh engine. Disabled by boiler issues in 1946, the locomotive was gradually stripped of parts to keep other engines running. After resting in a fiel... Read more...

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#100 Buffalo Locomotive Distance 0.00 miles

Although no longer available for viewing, the #100 Locomotive, the first to bear the WY Railway name, was purchased as an obsolete 4-6-0 of unknown ancestry. The 4-6-0, first appearing in the late 1840s, represented a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. It was very popular during the 19th century because it could haul heavy loads up steep grades. By 1917 the #100 was proving inade... Read more...

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#101 Buffalo Locomotive Distance 0.00 miles

No longer available for viewing, the #101 Locomotive was a G-28 class 2-6-0 Mogul. The 2-6-0 could traverse uneven track, had 50% more adhesion than a 4-4-0, and cost less than the 4-6-0, which the #102 was. The 2-6-0 was designed as a freight engine that could haul modestly-sized trains in level grades. They were also light, which allowed them to operate on tracks with light rails and minimal ballast. Track ballast was the gravel material used to bear the load of the trains. This made them popu... Read more...

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#102 Buffalo Locomotive Distance 0.00 miles

Purchased in 1917, #102 was an ex-Northern Pacific (NP) 4-6-0, most likely from the S class. The NP 4-6-0s were some of the last locomotives to operate on the Northern Pacific. Light-weight, they worked many branch lines on railways that newer locomotive power could not. They were mainly used as passenger engines before being replaced by the 4-6-2 engines. The #102 was also destroyed in the 1930 fire at the Roundhouse. Be sure to view the #105 nearby.

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#103 Buffalo Locomotive Distance 0.00 miles

Another ex-CB&Q, Class H-2 2-6-0, #103 was acquired in 1927 when the Buffalo Railway hit its peak. The 2-6-0 was known as the “Mogul” and more than 11,000 were built between 1860 and 1910. The #103 served as the mainstay of the railway’s operations in its last years. The fate of the #103 is unknown. Be sure to view the #105 nearby.

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