WESTERN WONdERS Cody Stampede Rodeo Cody Stampede Rodeo Spend your Fourth of July week-end watching top contestants compete for big purses over four days in Cody . Parades, a craft fair and food booths offering delicious fare are all part of the celebration that’s been serving Wild West fun since 1919. Laramie Jubilee days Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo Have a mutton-bustin’ good time when the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo comes to Casper with carnival rides, a demolition derby and a “The Voice”-inspired concert where singers strive to be “The Voice of Casper.” Sheridan WYO Rodeo Beginning in 1940 as a horse race celebrating Wyoming’s statehood, this hometown Laramie event honors the Western lifestyle year after year. Enjoy a PRCA rodeo along with a kids’ horse show, bull riding and barrel racing. Lander’s Pioneer days Rodeo Founded in 1931, the rodeo kicks off with a family-friendly boot-kicking contest and stick-horse races for little Wind River Indian cowpokes and continues Reservation with festivities throughout the week, including street dances, a parade and a Native American powwow. Don’t miss bull riding for adults and children (ages 8 to 14) and the big fireworks show at this Fourth of July extravaganza that’s excited crowds since 1894. Red desert Roundup Rodeo AuGuST Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo Red desert Roundup Rodeo Held the last full weekend of July, this fun-for-all rodeo delights with nightly calf scram-bles and mutton bustin’ for kids, a golf tournament, 5K run and parade through historical downtown Rock Springs . Three nights of high-en-ergy rodeos, arm-wrestling and pig-and-mud-wres-tling competitions — plus a carnival with a Ferris wheel, carousel and other classic rides — are just a handful of reasons why this event draws patrons to Douglas every August. @wyomingpublicradio @cowboycameraman DISCOVER WYOMING CULTURE. COMPELLING WYOMING HISTORICAL & CuLTuRAL SITES Find more at TravelWyoming.com/history-museums. FROM TOP: CODY STAMPEDE/ANDY WATSON; INSTAGRAM/WYOMINGPUBLICRADIO; INSTAGRAM/COWBOYCAMERAMAN. BOTTOM BAR: WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM, 1-5; FLICKR/KELLY MICHALS. The spirit of Wyoming’s diverse past and present will remind you of just what makes the West endlessly fascinating at these cultural destinations. Legend Rock State Petroglyph Site Thermopolis Examine more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels at this sacred Native American site. Wind River Indian Reservation near Lander discover year-round cultural events, his-toric Fort Washakie military buildings and powwows. Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site Guernsey view thousands of wagon-wheel ruts and dive into the history of the Oregon, Mormon and California trails. Chinese Joss House Museum Evanston Explore Chinese influence and culture in Wyoming through artifacts, photos and a scale model of Evanston’s Chinatown. Wyoming State Museum Cheyenne delve into Native American and coal-mining history and the people, places and events that have shaped the Cowboy State. Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Powell Learn about some of the nation’s more challenging history at this former Japanese-American Confinement Site from World War II. 72 TravelWyoming.com
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