Wayne's Reflections

When traveling to Wyoming's Hole In The Wall country in September 2014 (see my Blog about the Hole In The Wall) we took the long way to Kaycee, going through Thermoplis, Worland, Ten Sleep, and Buffalo. Leaving Ten Sleep one travels up to the Powder River summit before descending the twenty miles down into Buffalo. Notice that we put the Ford in the middle as we wanted to make sure it made it. Looking down off the Power River summit into Johnson County. Notice that in this part of Wyoming there is no sage brush; just lots of grass and trees (very pretty). Looking back to the Powder River summit area. This part of Wyoming outside Kaycee has miles and miles of grassland and no sage brush. This grassland is what caused the Johnson County War. Down town Kaycee Wyoming, named after the KC Ranch owned by Nate Champion who was the first small rancher killed by the large rancher association and started the Johnson County war. The Johnson County War, a...

I am a long time history buff.  Especially when it comes to history of the Western United States. Parker When reading about Robert LeRoy Parker (Butch Cassidy) and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (Sundance Kid) and the Wild Bunch; and, numerous fictional western histories describing the gangs hide-out called the Hole In The Wall which is located in north central Wyoming; Shirley and I decided to take a trip with her brother and sister-in -law and see the hide-out for ourselves.  Since my wife Shirley was born and grew up in central Wyoming, I am always asking her if she knows where such and such a town is; or if she knows about a ranch, lake, etc. Parker and Longabaugh along with their gang, the Wild Bunch, performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. Longabaugh So on September 7, 2014, the four of us along with Shirley's sister left Riverton, Wyoming, where Shirley's brother lives,  and headed for Kaycee, Wyoming. ...