Historic People of Wyoming

Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming by Carol Highsmith.

Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming, by Carol Highsmith.

 

American Horse – A Shrewd Sioux Chief

John M. Bozeman

John M. Bozeman

William “Red” Angus – Fighting in the Johnson County War

Jim Baker – Frontiersman of the West

Jim Bridger – Quintessential Guide of the Rocky Mountains

Rufus Cannon – Important Black Marshal

John Bozeman – Blazing the Bozeman Trail

Malcolm “Old Grizzly” Campbell – Wyoming Sheriff

Frank Canton – Cowboy, Outlaw, and Lawman

Nate Champion – Killed in the Johnson County War

Buffalo Bill Cody – American Frontiersman

John Colter – Fearless Mountain Man

Alexander Culbertson – Fur Trader and Diplomat

Mary Fields – Female Stage Driver

Thomas Fitzpatrick – Indian Trader

Buck Garrett – Gunfighter and Lawman

Tom Horn – Wyoming Killer for Hire

James D. Houck – Arizona Pioneer & Lawman

Joseph “Joe” S. LeFors – Fighting Battles with the Wild Bunch

“Big Steve” Long – Wyoming Gunman

Wild Bill Longley – A Dangerous Man in Dangerous Times

Lucretia “Aunt Lou” Marchbanks – Greatest Cook in the Black Hills

Gunplay Maxwell – Utah Gunfighter & Outlaw

Jim Moore – Notable Pony Express Rider & Rancher

Jean “John” Baptiste Richard – Trader and Entrepreneur

Ben Robertson – Lawman Turned Outlaw

Sacagawea – Leading Lewis & Clark

John Simpson Smith – Superior Frontiersman

Thomas “Bear River” Smith – Marshalling Abilene

Whispering Smith’s Adventures

Frank Wolcott – Enforcer in the Johnson County War

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

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