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Travel Directions:
Worland is 34.0 miles north of Thermopolis on US-20, and 26.4 miles west of Ten Sleep on US-16.

Remarks:
Ennis and his brother worked on a ranch here until K.E. got married. It was then that Ennis left for Signal. Presumably, Alma Beers lived near Worland, as well.

For countless generations the Crow, Sioux, Arapahoe, and, later, the Shoshone hunted abundant herds of buffalo in this Big Horn basin region. In 1900, pioneer “Dad” Worland founded a stage stop here along the Bridger Trail. A few years later, a small community of settlers launched an ambitious project to dig miles of irrigation canals, bringing water to the nascent town. In 1906, when railroad tracks were laid on the opposite side of the Big Horn River, the hearty Worlanders decided to move the town’s buildings across the frozen river by sliding its buildings on skids.

You might want to see Peter Toth’s Native American monument on display in front of the courthouse here. It is #36 on the nationwide “Trail of the Whispering Giants.” A metal sculpture depicting western settlers is located across the street in Pioneer Park.

See:
http://www.worlandchamber.com/

Quotation:
“Me and my brother, we went and got ourselves some work on a ranch up near Worland ’til I was 19, and then he got married. And, uh, no more room for me. And that’s how come me end up here.”