(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 03, 2009 ) SHERIDAN, Wyo. — Voted #1 Western Town by True West Magazine, this is the perfect opportunity to experience the authentic ‘old west’.
The package is valid from February through April 2010 (excluding some blackout dates) and includes:
- Three nights lodging, breakfast daily at the Sheridan Holiday Inn
- $100 toward an evening of fine dining at their Sugarland Mining Company, and
- Two nights lodging at Bear Lodge and breakfast buffet 2 mornings:
- Snowmobile the Big Horns with 20% discount for 4 sleds
Travelers have the opportunity to embrace western history history site seeing or get a breath of fresh air participating in the many outdoor activities Sheridan has to offer.
During the day, take a ride through the community and enjoy a leisurely walk to see the elk and buffalo that call Kendrick Park home. Visit the Trail End State Historic Site, once the home of cowboy-turned-cattle-baron, John B. Kendrick, who became Wyoming's governor and US Senator or examine cowboy memorabilia and Indian artifact collections at King's Western Museum. Enjoy the Flemish-style architecture of this grand structure. Travelers can visit Fort Phil Kearny to explore the Indian war history on the Bloody Bozeman Trail. Stopover at the Historic Sheridan Inn, home of the famous Buffalo Bill, and resident ghosts - a National Historic Landmark once known as the finest hotel west of the Mississippi and in Ripley's Believe It or Not as the "House with 69 Gables".
Sheridan has always been a cowboy town, but it is much more than that. Outdoor Life magazine selected it as #7 in its list of the Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen. The magazine cited the hunting bounty, the alpine lakes, picturesque trout streams and Tongue River Reservoir for fishing.
If golf is your game, then look no further. With four mountain-view championship courses, itÂ’s no wonder Sheridan is known as the Golf Capital of Wyoming. Start with The Powder Horn, a 27-hole course rated in GolfWeekÂ’s Top 100 in the Nation. Its natural beauty features the Mountain Nine Scottish links course, the Stag Nine western target golf and the Eagle NineÂ’s surprising length and creative shot-making opportunities. This 18-hole, par 72 course dates to 1935 and offers golf and practice facilities for all levels of play.
Sheridan is located on I-90 midway between Yellowstone Park and Mt. Rushmore! Scenic By-way 14 meanders through the Big Horn Mountains just 25 miles from Sheridan. Vehicle turnouts allow travelers to relax, enjoy abundant wildlife and world-class views. The by-way beckons explorers into beautiful Shell Canyon with must-stops at the cascading falls and self-guided nature paths, enlivened by incredible views, and moose in the wild!
Click here for more information and to enter the sweepstakes. Competition ends January 31, 2009.
