Step Back in Time
VISIT OLD TRAIL TOWN with authentic frontier buildings from the 1890s IN CODY, WYOMING
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
we will re-open May 15, 2025
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We offer visitors a unique opportunity to experience first-hand our rich Western heritage. Voted “Best Tourist Attraction and Historical Site” by True West Magazine. Old Trail Town is one of Cody, Wyoming’s most popular family friendly western destinations and is conveniently located just off US HWY 16-20-14 on your way to the East entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
On this site in 1895, western scout and showman, William F. (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody, laid out the original town site of Cody, Wyoming, which was named in his honor.
Old Trail Town is an outdoor museum.
In order to preserve our buildings and grounds we do not allow pets, food, beverages, or smoking within the town.
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 grave sites of several notable Western figures. Among them is the grave of mountain man John Johnston, 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”.
Curley was a Crow scout with the Custer Expedition. He lived in this cabin on the Crow Reservation in Montana from 1885 to 1923. He relayed news of Brevet Major General George Custer’s defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. He was one of the Crow scouts who survived the battle.
Bob Edgar, a native of the Wyoming Big Horn Basin, had developed an interest in archaeology and history at a young age. After exploring much of the region Bob realized that the old historical buildings and associated materials were rapidly disappearing from the landscape.
TAKE A TRIP BACK TO THE WEST!
Cody, Wyoming is located in northwestern Wyoming near the east gate of Yellowstone National Park. Buffalo Bill Center of the West five museums celebrate the Spirit of the American west every day. Open daily 8:00am-6:00pm
Visitor Comments
Voted “Best Tourist Attraction and Historical Site” — TRUE WEST MAGAZINE
Voted “Top Family Attraction Worth Traveling For” — FLIPKEY by TripAdvisor, 50 States Series
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