Best of Wyoming - Buffalo
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During the month of April, 2013, Wyoming Public Media featured Buffalo on its ‘Best of Wyoming’ page. You are welcome to glance at the summaries below and follow the links to snapshots of the many innovative organizations in Buffalo:
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Mountain Plains Heritage Park – Buffalo
Wed May 1, 2013
By Mountain Plains Heritage Park
The Mountain Plains Heritage Park is a unique crossroads of the history of the American West. Across this park land many different cultures have lived, traveled, and traded, each leaving a distinguished mark on the land. The park typifies the spectrum of harmonies and conflicts between cultures and nature. Today the park provides for the many interests and abilities of visitors to consider the past and enjoy the present.
Located at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains on the confluence of three high plains creeks, this land has been the common ground for many Americans:
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Historic Cowboy Carousel - Buffalo
Thu April 25, 2013
Historic Cowboy Carousel
By Arts Along the Bighorns
The Cowboy Carousel, manufactured at North Tonawanda, New York in 1925, ran for 63 years on Gillian’s Fun Deck in Ocean City, New Jersey. The horses that are now on the carousel are fiberglass reproductions of original wood carvings by local renowned Buffalo artist and wood carver, Bill Jennings.
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Sheridan College Johnson County Campus – Buffalo
Fri April 12, 2013
By Sheridan College Johnson County Campus – Buffalo
The Sheridan College in Johnson County Art Gallery is located in the college commons at 235 Main Street in Buffalo Wyoming. As you enter the main doors, walk down the stairs to reach the commons area. The current display is from the collection of Todd Cornell and is titled “20 years in China” Artwork that he collected during his time there is currently on display and will continue to be shown through the end of May in the commons of the college. Todd will also be teaching Chinese 1010 for Sheridan College in Johnson County in the fall of 2013.
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Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum – Buffalo
Mon April 1, 2013
By Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum
In May of 1900, pharmacist Jim Gatchell opened a drugstore in Buffalo, Wyoming. That facility became a regional landmark for over fifty years. An avid historian as well, Gatchell was acquainted with many famous and colorful characters from the Big Horn Mountain – Powder River Basin frontier area.
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