Old Trail Town
On west edge of Cody next to Cody Stampede

On this site in 1895, Western scout and showman William F. (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody laid out the original townsite of Cody, Wyoming, which was named in his honor. Today Old Trail Town preserves the lifestyle and history of the Frontier West through a rare collection of authentic structures and furnishings. From remote locations in Wyoming and Montana, these historic buildings were carefully disassembled, moved and reassembled here at Old Trail Town by Western historian Bob Edgar and friends.

Located here also are thousands of historic artifacts from the Old West, and gravesites of several notable Western figujres. Among them is the grave of mountain man John Johnson, who was portrayed by the actor Robert Redford in the 1972 motion picture “Jeremiah Johnson.”

Here too are original cabins used by Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and a Wyoming saloon frequented by Cassidy’s “Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.” Also on this site is the log cabin home of “Curley”—a Crow indian army scout who helped guide Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry to the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Old Trail Town exists today as a memorial to the uniquely American experience known throughout the world as “the Old West.”

Trail Town Information Signs
The Arland Cabin
Residential cabin built at the Arland and Corbett Trading Post on Cottonwood Creek, north of present Cody, WY, in 1883, WY Territory. The post was a trading center for hunters, trappers and Indians.

Blacksmith Shop (5004)
This building was built in lower Sunshine Basin, west of Meeteetse, WY, around 1900.

Buffalo Hunter’s Cabin
Cabin built on Shell Creek at the hunting camp of Jim White and Oliver Hanna in 1880. Jim White was murdered at the camp in late October, 1880. The cabin was later used by Al Kershner when he homesteaded the property in 1889.

The Burlington Store
This building was built on the Greybull River, near Burlington, WY about 1897. It was moved to Burlington where it was used as a store for several years.

Bonanza Post Office
This building was built at Bonanza, Wyoming Territory, in 1885. This was one of the first settlements in the Big Horn Basin.

Carpenter Shop
One of the first buildings of Cowley, WY. It was built in 1901 and used by George Taggart. A Mormon pioneer that came to the Big Horn Basin by wagon train in 1900.

Carter Cabin
This cabin was built by William Carter’s men on Carter MT about 1879, Wyoming Territory. Carter brought the first cattle into the region around Cody.

The Coffin School
This cabin was built at the W Ranch on Wood River, west of Meeteetse, in 1884. It was used as a school for several years. It derives its name from the tragic death of Alfred Nower, who died of gangrene in this cabin in 1885. He had chopped himself in the leg while hewing logs.

Commissary
This building was built on the W. B. Rice Ranch on Wood River about 1898. It was used as a bunkhouse and commissary.

Curly’s Cabin
Log cabin home of Custer’s Crow Indian scout, Curly. Curly escaped from the “Battle of the Little Bighorn” on June 25, 1876 and brought the news of Custer’s defeat. The cabin was built near Crow Agency, Montana about 1885.

Hole in the Wall Cabin
Through this door walked Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, and other outlaws of the famous “Hole in the Wall” Gang. The cabin was built on Buffalo Creek, in the Hole in the Wall Country, west of Kaycee, WY, Wyoming Territory, in 1883 by Alexander Ghent.

Homestead Cabin (5018)
This cabin was built on Wood River, west of Meeteetse, about 1899. It is a fine example of log craftmenship.

Homestead Cabin (5044)
Cabin built by homesteaders on Monument Hill, north of Cody, about 1900.

Homestead Cabin (5010)
Cabin built at the head of Dry Creek, between Cody and Meeteetse around 1900.

Livery Stable
This building was built near the Clarks Fork Canyon, north of Cody in the late 1890s.

Mayor’s Cabin
Home of Frank Houx, the first mayor of Cody, WY. It was built about 1897.

Morrison Cabin
Cabin built at the foot of Copper Mountain, east of Shoshoni Wyoming, in 1884, by Luther Morrison. The Morrisons brought some of the first sheep into central Wyoming in 1882. Morrison had originally come west on the Oregon Trail in 1853.

The Rivers Saloon
This saloon was built in 1888 at the mouth of Wood River, west of Meeteetse, WY, by Henry Rivers. It was frequented by Butch Cassidy, W. A. Gallagher, Blind Bill Hoolihan and many other outlaws, cowboys, and colorful characters of the Old West. Bullet holes can be seen in the door.

The Shell Store
This was the first store in Shell, WY. It was built in 1892.

Trapper’s Cabin
Cabin built on Cottonwood Creek, south of Meeteetse, about 1885.