This late 1960s color travelogue film about Wyoming is narrated by Jack Douglas as part of the America! Television series. Buffalo and antelope roam on a plain. Deep Conestoga Wagon wheel ruts are shown along the Oregon Trail. Register Cliff has names and 1850s dates etched in (:15-1:31). A newspaper clipping from July 10, 1891 celebrates Wyoming’s statehood. A horseback rider walks next to 1960s vehicles at the 75th anniversary Wyoming State Fair Pioneer Days in Douglas. A “reserved parking for horses” sign is shown. The Rexall Drugstore has a teepee. A woman wears an 1850s feathered hat next to a mountain man (1:32-3:09). The parade has a dancing Sioux Indian, a high school marching band, Cancan girls, a boy’s drum corps in which a member falls down, a blue-tail fly float, Smokey the Bear, a bicycle-built-for-two, and a frozen mountain man float (3:10-4:03). Rodeo, activities include children riding calves, Brahma bull-riding steer wrestling, and barrel racing. Sioux Indians ride horses. A posse hangs a man. A beard shaving contest takes place (4:04-5:50). Natural landmarks include the Ayres Natural Bridge and Devils Tower National Monument. The Indian explanation is depicted in drawings (5:51-7:15). Prairie Dog Town occupants entertain picture-taking visitors. A prairie dog eats a carrot (7:16-7:53). Colorful cliffs line Alcova Lake. (7:54-8:38). Hell’s Half Acre post office overlooks rocky badlands (8:39-9:16). Downtown Casper full of 1960s cars is followed by Old Fort Caspar. 11th Ohio Calvary reenactors play the bugle and raise the flag. The Casper Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps perform (9:17-11:32). The Lander one-shot antelope hunt is explained. A Shoshone chief in full ceremonial clothing and headdress blesses the bullet for Wisconsin Governor Knowles. The Medicine Man uses a flint knife to make him a blood-brother, and a magic pouch is hung around his neck. The Shoshone perform a traditional hunting powwow dance around the nighttime campfire (11:33-13:18). The Cody Buffalo Bill Museum includes displays of William Cody’s belongings and advertising posters for his Wild West show. The Whitney Gallery of Western Art has a Buffalo Bill sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and paintings by Remington, Schreyvogel, Russell, and Paxson’s “Custer’s Last Stand.” (13:19-16:00). Jackson Lake is overshadowed by the Teton Mountains. Clouds cover the Grand Teton (16:01-17:05). Black bears sit at the side of the road or stand on hind legs to look into a 1964 Rambler Classic 770 car window at Yellowstone National Park. Elk, moose, and pronghorn antelope graze in the grassy meadows (17:06-18:14). Shown is a geyser at Yellowstone Lake, Morning Glory Pool Hot Springs, Dragon’s Mouth Spring, Black Dragon Cauldron, Clepsydra Geyser, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Minerva Terrace, and Old Faithful Geyser (18:15-20:00). Waterfalls shown are Gibbon Falls, Yellowstone Upper Falls, and Lower Yellowstone Falls (20:01-20:38). An arch of elk antlers is shown at Jackson Hole. Along Main Street are wooden boardwalks as sidewalks. The magician act at the Pink Garter Theatre is shown (20:39-23:08). Jack Douglas gives the America! sign-off (23:09-23:24).

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