Buffalo, Wyoming Part II

The town of Buffalo [with a population of 4,514] was quaint.  Three things made it stand out to me: western murals painted on the sides of the buildings; sculptures of animals placed throughout the downtown area; and many Crazy Woman establishments - Crazy Woman Liquors; Crazy Woman Antiques; Crazy Woman Accounting; Crazy Woman Fine Art; Crazy Woman Vacations; and Crazy Woman Square and Pavilion.  Of course I had to find out the story behind Crazy Woman and I'll share that in a bit.

We went to the Buffalo/Jackson County Fairgrounds to see if we'd be lucky enough to catch a rodeo but there were only 4-H exhibits, so we settled on ice cream from Lickity Splits.

Afterwards we walked through Crazy Woman Square and Landon and Ellie put on a brief show for us on the stage in the pavilion.

Then we headed back to the KOA campgrounds for the evening.  Samantha took Ellie and Landon swimming at the campgrounds pool, and then we played a few rounds of Bananagrams [similar to Scrabble] in the RV.  It's a very fun game.

Papa Jerry watching our game from the couch [where Ellie normally slept], and Izzy peeking out from her top compartment bunk.  Our bedroom was in the back behind Landon.  Jeremy and Sam slept in a drop-down compartment over the driver and passenger seats.  It had a queen-size mattress and they said it was comfortable.  We spent 8 nights in the RV and 8 nights in a motel, and the kids loved traveling in the RV with plenty of space.  

In closing, here's the most common story told about Crazy Woman. Travelers along Wyoming's Bozeman Trail in the mid-1800's knew it was a dangerous one.  Attacks by Sioux Indian warriors were common.  The Morgan family was traveling via covered wagon when they were attacked.  Mrs. Morgan witnessed the violent capture and scalping of her husband and the death of her three children.  As the only survivor she went insanely wild.  Stealing an axe from a warrior she attacked them, killing four Sioux while the rest fled.

Soon after, a mountain man came upon the bloody scene.  He buried the husband and children and tried to get Mrs. Morgan to leave but she refused.  He built her a small cabin, and eventually found her frozen body dead from starvation.

Today there's Crazy Woman Canyon, Crazy Woman Creek, and Crazy Woman you name it!

to be continued...