Buffalo KOA

Buffalo’s Historic Main Street

Main Street was built on what was once a trail that curved down a slight hill, forded Clear Creek, then angled up the grade to the other side. The first freight wagons, with their teams of oxen, horses and buggies made this trail where the first buildings of Buffalo were erected. The town was not named after the buffalo that roamed the area, but after the town of Buffalo, New York. The bridge in the heart of Buffalo, which bisects Main Street, was written up in “Ripley’s Believe-It-or-Not” as the only bridge in the world where a U-turn was legal. The law has now been changed. There are many shops on Main Street including an old fashioned “soda fountain” where you can get a homemade soda. You can also tour the Occidental Hotel made famous by Owen Wister in his novel “The Virginian”. This hotel is where the “Virginian” got his man. The hotel, the Johnson County Courthouse and the Carnegie Wing of the Museum are all listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Jim Gatchell Western Museum

Visiting this well stocked museum is like taking a time machine ride into the colorful past that is filled with historic Indian battles and the famous Johnson County Cattle War. The museum had its beginning in Jim Gatchell’s drug store where he incorporated relics of the West. It now houses more than 10,000 artifacts of the Johnson County Indians, settlers and soldiers.

Bus Tours of the RBL Bison (buffalo) Ranch

No trip “Out West” is really complete without seeing, up close, the animal that best symbolizes the West and whose image appears on the nickel, the American buffalo. Now is your chance to visit a working wild buffalo (bison) ranch and take a bus tour among some of the six hundred head of bison living there. Learn why the bison is considered to be the smartest of all cattle breeds. Feed the bison from the bus. See the owner, Rich, kiss a live bison and enjoy a meal of delicious and nutritious buffalo meat in their restaurant. Frozen buffalo meat is available for purchase at the restaurant. Bus tours leave the restaurant every day at 2 p.m.

Buffalo Golf Course

With a view of the Big Horn Mountains, the golf course is one of the finest found in Wyoming. It is an 18 hole, par 71 course, with mature cottonwood trees providing shade and scenic beauty. A complete facility is available with pro-shop, driving range, snack bar and lounge, cart rentals, club rentals and daily fees.

Lake DeSmet

Located seven miles north of Buffalo off I-90, the lake was named after Father Pierre Jean DeSmet. The lake was discovered in 1851 and today boasts excellent fishing and boating. It is the site of the annual Buffalo Lions Club Fishing Derby on Memorial Day weekend.

Buffalo City Park and Free Swimming Pool

Buffalo boasts one of the most beautiful, spacious, well kept city parks in the state. It includes tennis courts, band shell, playgrounds, public picnic areas, covered picnic areas for groups, horseshoe pits, walking path along Clear Creek, wading pool and Wyoming’s largest outdoor FREE swimming pool. The pool has a capacity of 1.2 million gallons of water and is one-half the size of a football field!