Established 1986 Director Anthony Sacco Founded 1986 | Type History museum Phone +1 307-245-3713 | |
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Address 201 W 3rd St, Pine Bluffs, WY 82082, USA Similar Cheyenne Frontier Days Old, Fort Caspar, Cheyenne Frontier Days Profiles | ||
The Texas Trail Museum is housed in a building which was formerly the Power Plant/Fire House for the town of Pine Bluffs. The museum's mission is to preserve and restore the heritage of the Frontier crossroads area (Eastern Laramie County, Wyoming) for future generations, through displays and education.
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History
When first formed in 1986, needing a place to display artifacts, the Board negotiated with the Town of Pine Bluffs during the weeks leading up to the Town's centennial. On September 16, 1986, by Resolution 86-16, signed by Timothy T. Connor, Mayor and Dema Jo Gilbert, Clerk, the Town leased to the Texas Trail Museum: "... a non-profit organization in the state of Wyoming, a building known as the 'Old Power Plant,' situated on the northwest corner of Market Street and Third Street in the Town of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming for the sum of one dollar ($1.00) per year."
Exhibits
The museum is a 4-1/2 acre complex, which includes:
The museum complex displays artifacts of the 19th and 20th century, including a 1938 fire engine, twin diesel engines that provided electricity for Pine Bluffs from 1937–1960, a teepee of the type used by American Indians who inhabited the area around Pine Bluffs a century ago. Many teepee rings have been discovered in the Bluffs south of town.