Last Updated on May 3, 2025 by Colby Droscher
Wyoming has always balanced raw frontier grit with postcard scenery—from rickety stagecoaches rumbling past Old Faithful to rodeo riders carving dust storms in Cody. The 20 photos below freeze that wild past in grainy monochrome and hand-tinted hues.
Craving more time-travel snapshots? Mosey over to our 25 Real Photos of Wild West Icons, cast off at dawn with Vintage Fishing Photos, or rewind to home-front resilience in 90 Photos That Sum Up Life in the 1940s. Saddle up—Wyoming’s history is ready for its close-up.
1. Bridger Teton National Forest (Wyoming) circa early 1950
2. Dale Creek Bridge, a iron bridge in Sherman, Wyoming, USA
The word is that this crossing was so dangerous that it required trains to slow down to a snaillike 4mph.
3. Harriet Eckerson, a gun-toting Wyoming grandma from 1929
She is not messing around.
4. A Navajo mother tying her daughter’s hair using a brush, circa 1920
Talk about a beautiful moment between a mother and her daughter.
5. A little Wheelchair on the Prairie- Someone’s Great Grandmother, Wyoming 1930s
Grandma looks like she knows how to post up, big time.
6. Union Pacific 8444 in Laramie, Wyoming during the 1963 National Railway Historical Society annual convention
The trains of the olden days were beautiful powerhouses.
7. The safety standards for mom and sis on a ski lift in Wyoming 1965 were troubling
They’re somehow completely unfazed by those daunting heights.
8. Little America truck stop, Cheyenne Wyoming 1959
That powder blue sky is especially gorgeous.
9. Wyoming in 1941
Love the guy’s hat that ties the whole throwback aesthetic together.
10. The busy Main Street in Sheridan, Wyoming
Things are certainly bustling out there.
11. Green River – Wyoming, circa 1952
Those trains look ready to grind it out for the long haul.
12. Old Trail Town (Cody, Wyoming, 1870s)
Those old trail towns used to be booming hubs for commerce.
13. That dog seems to having an utterly lovely day at the park.
Dogs and parks just go together perfectly.
14. Bill Steele, a Wyoming cowboy, in 1926
Bill looks like he knows how to put in a proper, long day’s worth of hard work.
15. 1950s – Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
The Garden of the Gods just has a profound, poetic ring to it.
16. A stunning shot of Wyoming, USA 1954
No kidding, this is beautiful.
17. Ranch vacations in Wyoming’s Grand Teton area, in 1958
Ranch vacations were filled with all kinds of adventure.
18. Spring snowstorm March 9th 1932, University of Wyoming campus
Those spring snowstorms can come out of nowhere when you’re out in Wyoming.
19. Photograph of the construction of a railroad bridge in Green River Valley, Wyoming, with Citadel Rock in the background, circa 1868
Citadel Rock sounds like a movie title at the same time.
20. The Piney Hotel & Cafe in Big Piney, Wyoming, September 1941
This seems like one of those old hotels that could be haunted by a ghost or two.
