Shoshoni, Wyoming, is the gateway to Boysen State Park
and the Wind River Canyon. Shoshoni hosts the Wyoming State Championship
Old-time Fiddle Contest and the Flywheelers Antique Engine and Tractor
Show.
In the summer of 1904, the Pioneer Townsite Company laid out the
plat for Shoshoni. Shoshoni is an Indian word, which translates into "little
snow". The first business to be erected in the town was the
Elkhorn Hotel, built in September 1905. In less than a year, the
town had become
a tent city and had grown in population to approximately 2,000.
Lack of building material in the very early days was a problem, since
the railroad - Chicago and Northwestern - was 100 miles away, but
the town gradually grew in size. Unfortunately, Shoshoni was devastated
by fire in 1907 and 1908. During the reconstruction, brick buildings
took the place of flammable wood.
Five miles north of Shoshoni, a little burg named Bonneville was
constructed on the CB&Q Railroad, which had been extended along
the Badwater Creek. The town was almost totally destroyed by the
flooding of Badwater Creek in 1923. Twenty miles of railroad track,
several rail cars and one motor car were never recovered from the
flood. They remain buried deep in the sandy mud of Badwater Creek.
During its boom days Shoshoni boasted 23 saloons, two banks, two
large mercantile establishments, several livery and feed stables,
a lumber yard, drug store, two physicians, several lawyers, a newspaper
and more lodging houses and restaurants than any town of equal size
in the state of Wyoming.
Thirteen miles to the north is Copper Mountain. It is dotted with
old abandoned mines and prospector diggings. Copper was the most
abundant, but gold and silver were also found, along with chalcocite,
malachite, axurite, cuprite,lepidolite, chryscolla, calcopryritre,
dolomite, feldspar, garnet, magnesium, tungsten, volcanic ash and
pumic. Uranium can also be found on Copper Mountain. The area offers
a gold mine for the rockhound in petrified wood, agate, tourmaline,
and quartz. Some mercury has been found near Bonneville.
Wyoming's State Championship Old-time Fiddle Contest is held every
Memorial Day. Shoshoni also hosts the Flywheelers Antique Engine
and Tractor Show in June
The Shoshoni City Park offers overnight camping and includes water,
fireplaces and restroom facilities. Shoshoni motels are modern and
reasonable. Restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores are
available here also, not to mention malts and shakes at their world
famous drugstore .Shoshoni, Wyoming, is the gateway to Boysen State Park
and the Wind River Canyon. Shoshoni hosts the Wyoming State Championship
Old-time Fiddle Contest and the Flywheelers Antique Engine and Tractor
Show.
In the summer of 1904, the Pioneer Townsite Company laid out the
plat for Shoshoni. Shoshoni is an Indian word, which translates into "little
snow". The first business to be erected in the town was the
Elkhorn Hotel, built in September 1905. In less than a year, the
town had become
a tent city and had grown in population to approximately 2,000.
Lack of building material in the very early days was a problem, since
the railroad - Chicago and Northwestern - was 100 miles away, but
the town gradually grew in size. Unfortunately, Shoshoni was devastated
by fire in 1907 and 1908. During the reconstruction, brick buildings
took the place of flammable wood.
Five miles north of Shoshoni, a little burg named Bonneville was
constructed on the CB&Q Railroad, which had been extended along
the Badwater Creek. The town was almost totally destroyed by the
flooding of Badwater Creek in 1923. Twenty miles of railroad track,
several rail cars and one motor car were never recovered from the
flood. They remain buried deep in the sandy mud of Badwater Creek.
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During its boom days Shoshoni boasted 23 saloons, two banks, two
large mercantile establishments, several livery and feed stables,
a lumber yard, drug store, two physicians, several lawyers, a newspaper
and more lodging houses and restaurants than any town of equal size
in the state of Wyoming.
Thirteen miles to the north is Copper Mountain. It is dotted with
old abandoned mines and prospector diggings. Copper was the most
abundant, but gold and silver were also found, along with chalcocite,
malachite, axurite, cuprite,lepidolite, chryscolla, calcopryritre,
dolomite, feldspar, garnet, magnesium, tungsten, volcanic ash and
pumic. Uranium can also be found on Copper Mountain. The area offers
a gold mine for the rockhound in petrified wood, agate, tourmaline,
and quartz. Some mercury has been found near Bonneville.
Wyoming's State Championship Old-time Fiddle Contest is held every
Memorial Day. Shoshoni also hosts the Flywheelers Antique Engine
and Tractor Show in June
The Shoshoni City Park offers overnight camping and includes water,
fireplaces and restroom facilities. Shoshoni motels are modern and
reasonable. Restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores are
available here also, not to mention malts and shakes at their world
famous drugstore .Shoshoni, Wyoming, is the gateway to Boysen State Park
and the Wind River Canyon. Shoshoni hosts the Wyoming State Championship
Old-time Fiddle Contest and the Flywheelers Antique Engine and Tractor
Show.
In the summer of 1904, the Pioneer Townsite Company laid out the
plat for Shoshoni. Shoshoni is an Indian word, which translates into "little
snow". The first business to be erected in the town was the
Elkhorn Hotel, built in September 1905. In less than a year, the
town had become
a tent city and had grown in population to approximately 2,000.
Lack of building material in the very early days was a problem, since
the railroad - Chicago and Northwestern - was 100 miles away, but
the town gradually grew in size. Unfortunately, Shoshoni was devastated
by fire in 1907 and 1908. During the reconstruction, brick buildings
took the place of flammable wood.
Five miles north of Shoshoni, a little burg named Bonneville was
constructed on the CB&Q Railroad, which had been extended along
the Badwater Creek. The town was almost totally destroyed by the
flooding of Badwater Creek in 1923. Twenty miles of railroad track,
several rail cars and one motor car were never recovered from the
flood. They remain buried deep in the sandy mud of Badwater Creek.
During its boom days Shoshoni boasted 23 saloons, two banks, two
large mercantile establishments, several livery and feed stables,
a lumber yard, drug store, two physicians, several lawyers, a newspaper
and more lodging houses and restaurants than any town of equal size
in the state of Wyoming.
Thirteen miles to the north is Copper Mountain. It is dotted with
old abandoned mines and prospector diggings. Copper was the most
abundant, but gold and silver were also found, along with chalcocite,
malachite, axurite, cuprite,lepidolite, chryscolla, calcopryritre,
dolomite, feldspar, garnet, magnesium, tungsten, volcanic ash and
pumic. Uranium can also be found on Copper Mountain. The area offers
a gold mine for the rockhound in petrified wood, agate, tourmaline,
and quartz. Some mercury has been found near Bonneville.
Wyoming's State Championship Old-time Fiddle Contest is held every
Memorial Day. Shoshoni also hosts the Flywheelers Antique Engine
and Tractor Show in June
The Shoshoni City Park offers overnight camping and includes water,
fireplaces and restroom facilities. Shoshoni motels are modern and
reasonable. Restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores are
available here also, not to mention malts and shakes at their world
famous drugstore.
Shoshoni Chamber of Commerce
307-876-2556 or 307-876-2513
Boysen State Park
307-876-2796
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