City of Worland
U.S. Highway 16 on west of Worland, half mile past bridge over Big Horn River

Charles H. “Dad” Worland in 1900 dug his underground stage stop here on the old Bridger Trail. From Dad’s dugout grew the City of Worland, drawing pioneer men and women possesing an indomitable spiritual force, dreaming that Big Horn River water would create a new way of life here in th desert. With muscles and guts, horses and hand tools, they dug miles of irrigation canals. With precious water, the parched land became an oasis. We cheer those who persevered and conquered the desert, making Worland the Jewel of the Big Horn Basin.