William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody is center stage on the Sheridan Inn’s famous front porch. Co-owner Cody sold the idea of its construction to the Burlington & Missouri Railroad in 1892. Modeled after a Scottish hunting lodge, the hotel opened its doors on June 27, 1893. After a 50-year hiatus, the historic inn was restored, modernized and reopened in May 2015.– Courtesy Sheridan County Historical Society Collection/Sheridan

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows