Hoofprints of the Past Museum

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OUR MISSION

To preserve, protect, and share Kaycee and southern Johnson County history in a historic building in downtown Kaycee, and through our tours and publications. Hoofprints of the Past Museum

ABOUT THE MUSEUM

Hoofprints of the Past Museum was founded in 1989 by a group of Kaycee volunteers in order to preserve the unique local cultural heritage of Kaycee and the surrounding countryside. That heritage includes Native Americans, the Bozeman Trail, Trappers, Traders, and Pioneers, Fort Reno, German Missionaries settlement, and the Portuguese Houses site, conflicts with natives such as the Dull Knife Battle, the Cattle Boom, Cattle Barons and Frewen Castle, the Johnson County War, the Outlaw Era, the Hole in the Wall Gang, Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, Kid Curry, and other local outlaws.

RECENT POSTS

Voices of the Past Books Now Available

Over the last year, the museum has been working with the Kaycee Community Voice to preserve and share the many historical interviews that ran in the paper over the years. The Voice gathered all the articles together, retyping in some cases, and gave them to the museum to put into a book format. The text […]

Revised and Expanded “Kaycee: A Photo History” on Sale Now

Recently the museum greatly revised and expanded the museum produced book “Kaycee: A Photo History” and it is now available to purchase at the museum. There are almost twenty additional pages from the 2013 printing, additional historical topics, and many more photos, including a previously unknown Nate Champion photo. The book is an essential addition […]

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VISIT US

344 Nolan Avenue
P.O. Box 114
Kaycee, WY, 82639
Phone: 1 (307) 738-2381
Open Monday-Saturday 9:00-5:00
May 15-October 31

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