Wyoming - Casper

International Postcard Week
October 6-12

Casper, Wyoming
Hello,

My first attempt at a postcard and failed.  I put the wrong date and it was too late to send them back.  Hopefully next year I will do better.

Sue

(Personally, I love errors on postcards, it makes them more unique.) 

Wyoming - Sheridan, X. L. Motel

While here, we stopped at the X. L. Motel in Down-town Sheridan, Wyoming, and found the height of modern comfort in the heart of the Old West.  Located at the foot of the beautiful Big Horn Mountains, it's within easy driving distance of the historic Custer Battlefield and Crow Indian reservation.  Recommend by Duncan Hines.

This vintage postcard is unused. 

Wyoming - Yellowstone National Park, Canary Springs

Yellowstone National Park

Canary Springs is part of the main terrace in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.  It is named for its yellow algae and its deep blue pool.

Photo by Fred Plughoft
2014

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Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). 

Wyoming - Devil's Tower

The Devils Tower

One of Wyoming's varied attractions is the great column of fluted volcanic rock with 1 1/2 acres on its top, 865 feet above its foundation in northeast Wyoming.  From each side it presents a unique appearance, always majestic and spectacular.

Color Photography by Josef Muench

Wyoming - Mother Store of J.C. Penney Company

Mother Store of the J.C. Penney Company, was opened in April 1902, here in Kemmerer.  There are now over 1600 Penney Stores, all over the U.S.A.

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This store is still open, however it has shorter hours than most of the other J.C. Penney stores around the nation.   

Wyoming - Medicine Bow National Forest

Lake Marie and Snowy Range in Medicine Bow National Forest, in southern Wyoming.

Wyoming - Louis Lake, Wind River Mountains

Louis Lake in the Wind River Mountains near South Pass and Lander, Wyoming.

Wyoming - Jackson and Tetons

Jackson and Tetons in Winter as seen from top of Snowking Mt. chair lift - Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The signature looks like Sanborn Y-2739 on this real photo postcard. 

Wyoming - Grand Teton National Park

Teton Peaks reflected in Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park.

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The front of this card has a brown line from where an old rubberband was stuck to it.

Wyoming - Elk Mountain

Elk Mountain, elev. 11,162 ft., landmark along the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30).  Elk Mountain is the northern outpost of the Snowy range in the Medicine Bow National Forest.

Wyoming - Cattle Ranch in Teton Valley

Cattle Ranch in Teton Valley, Wyoming

Here in the unsurpassed natural beauty of "The last of the old West" hospitable guest ranches play host each summer to vacationers from all parts of the country.

Wyoming - Brooklyn Lake, Medicine Bow National Forest

Brooklyn Lake in the picturesque Snowy Range, Medicine Bow National Forest in south central Wyoming.

Wyoming - Jackson, Elk Horn Arch

Elk Horn Arch, Jackson, Wyoming

This very unusual arch located on a corner of the City park in the center of Jackson contains 5,000 horns collected in the area.  This arch built in 1953 is 25' wide and 16' high.  The Jackson Hole Wyoming lettering in the center is on Moose Horns.

Photo by Lowell T. Seaich

postmarked in 2012 (however this is an older postcard, look at the cars)

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There are one of these elk-antler arches at each corner of the park.  The horns are collected from the nearby National Elk Refuge by Boy Scouts and the arches are periodically rebuilt by the Jackson Hole Rotary Club.

Wyoming - Shoshone Canyon, Auto Road

Auto Road in Shoshone Canyon, Cody Way to Yellowstone National Park

Shoshone Canyon
The Cody Road to Yellowstone Park is one of the most scenic highways in the world, from which some of the most natural phenomena in the world can be seen.  This view was taken in Shoshone Canyon, approaching Shoshone Dam.  it shows the road winding from miles along the edge of the Reservoir above the Dam.

Wyoming - Elk Mountain

Elk Mountain, Wyoming
Elevation of 11,156 feet
2012