” . . . and in that closet there are a lot of old clothes.”

For terrific collections of barbed wire (see photo) and straight razors, check out the Laramie Plains Museum in the old Ivinson mansion. The organization that rescued the place has done a fantastic job at restoration and attracting donations of artifacts, perhaps a few too many. Our docent shared the story of how 600 sheep were massacred by cattle interests. Even more grim, later in Rock Springs we read up on the massacre of Chinese scab miners by white miners never brought to justice (but treated as local heroes) and a local outlaw who was lynched and flayed. Egad. On to Jackson Hole!