Fremont County Wyoming

With its western towns and historic sights, Fremont County, Wyoming has much to offer a traveler to these parts. From Lander, the county seat, west to the mountains of the Wind River Range and east to the Granite Mountains, there are forests and rivers, hills and valleys to explore to your heart's content.

Fremont County is a fascinating place to visit, the home of a number of tribes of Native Americans - the Shoshone and the Arapaho. Dubois is among the most popular destinations within the county. Located along the Wind River and surrounded by the high peaks of the Absaroka and Wind River Mountains, Dubois hosts the start of the Centennial Scenic Byway, and is only a little over 50 miles from Yellowstone National Park.

There are a number of notable historic sights that visitors don't often pass up. The Wind River Historical Center is one, filled with displays of the Old West. On the north bank of the Sweetwater River, vacationers will find the Burnt Ranch Historical Monument. Indians attacked the site of the Burnt Ranch Pony Express Station and burned it in the struggle. At the meeting of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers, you'll find Cannonball Ranch where people gathered socially since 1865.

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