Wyoming Legends

Inspired by the popular advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer, the website Mandatory.com recently published an article recognizing "The Most Interesting Men in the World (For Real)." Here in the Cowboy State, we have our fair share of interesting men...

Kenny Sailors is the Michael Jordan of Wyoming. Among the greatest athletes in the history of the Cowboy State, he was a pioneer for one of America's most popular sports. Today, the inventor of the "jump shot" celebrates his 95th birthday...

"Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave." Fans of the movie Tombstone will forever remember that classic Doc Holliday line, brilliantly delivered by actor Val Kilmer. Here in Wyoming, history buffs have their own connection to Ringo's grave...

Just in time for Halloween, here's a creepy story about, arguably, the first and worst serial killer in Wyoming, a woman named Polly Bartlett. Bartlett came to Wyoming with her father, brother and niece in 1868. They settled in South Pass City, which at the time was experience a mining boom and was one of the fastest growing cities in the state...

With Halloween fast approaching, here's another one of Wyoming's most haunted places. However, this legend does not involve human ghosts, but rather the spirit of a wild horse known as The White Devil of Rattlesnake Range. According to local lore, the image of a white stallion still rides the Rattlesnake Range, in the mountains west of Casper...

With Halloween fast approaching, here's another one of Wyoming's most haunted places. Since 1889, more oil has been produced at the Salt Creek Oil Field in Natrona County than any other place in the Rocky Mountain region. Not only is it responsible for nearly 20 percent of all the oil ever produced in the Cowboy State, it's also home to one of the spookiest legends in Wyoming's history... Read Mor

Just in time for Halloween, here's another one of Wyoming's weirdest legends. In 1866, David Duck was a soldier stationed at Fort Phil Kearny, which is located near the Big Horn Mountains between Sheridan and Buffalo. Over a century later, his story lives on in folklore as the Legend of the Dead Duck...

Just in time for Halloween, here's another one of Wyoming's most haunted places. Laramie is home to thousands of college students, and according to some locals, the spirits of several ghosts. Perhaps the most haunted building in Laramie is Knight Hall on the campus of the University of Wyoming...

For over a century, Wyoming residents have reported a strange and unsettling apparition, the mysterious Death Ship of the Platte River. Images of the infamous ship rise out of fog in late fall along the Platte River, between Alcova and Torrington...

Owl Creek, Wyoming, is a tiny town outside Thermopolis in Hot Springs County. After the 2010 census, it had a population of 5. Back in 1848, however, it was inhabited by 56 settlers, who some believe turned into zombies. According to a local legend recounted on Zombie-Guide...