Annual Festivals:Park County Fair - July 24 - 28, 2007, Wings ‘N’ Wheels 2007 - August 17 & 18
Farmland near Powell, Wyoming WTT
Located in the heart of the Big Horn Basin, Powell lies just 75 miles east of Yellowstone National Park on US 14A, and is surrounded by the Big Horn, Pryor, and Absaroka mountain ranges. Powell was named for Major John Wesley Powell, famed proponent of west¬ern land reclamation and early explorer of the Rocky Mountain West. Although Powell never visited the community this important trading center was named in his honor.
Heart Mountain Park County Travel Council
The Homesteaders Museum fea¬tures Powell's early settlers and a docu¬mentary about the Heart Mountain Relocation Center west of town. During World War II, the center was the third largest city in Wyoming when 11,000 Americans of Japanese descent were interned there. The remains of the center can be visited. The historic site features and eight station walking tour and a memorial honor roll and park.
The first fort in Wyoming was started as a fur trade post in 1834, known as Fort John. Located near the Laramie River, it had become Fort Laramie by 1849 when the military took control. The fort's grounds just west of the town of Fort Laramie in southeast Wyoming have an open parade ground surrounded by military-era buildings. One structure, Old Bedlam, is the oldest standing building in the State of Wyoming. At or near Fort Laramie, fur traders, overland emigrants, the frontier army and Indians gathered as they came to trade, work and meet. read more
From museums of wildlife art to museums dedicated to Wyoming's Western heritage, the inquisitive vistor will have plenty to see and do in Wyoming's museums. read more
