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The Dubois Museum is a museum〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dubois Museum )〕 preserving and interpreting the history of the Upper Wind River Valley and is located in the town of Dubois, Wyoming on U.S. Route 26 along the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dubois Museum )〕 The museum offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, and special events. ==Exhibits== The center contains several permanent exhibits. * The Natural History of the Upper Wind River Valley featuring displays including the geology of the Wind River including the Chugwater Formation, gastroliths, Turritella agates, and the flora and fauna including the native cutthroat trout and bighorn sheep * The Mountain Shoshone, known as the Sheepeaters, and how they lived as interpreted from the steatite tools, horn bows crafted from bighorn sheep horn, and petroglyphs left from ancestors 〔(Wind River Valley's First Inhabitants )〕 * The Charlie Moore Collection presenting artifacts of the CM Ranch, the oldest continuously operating guest ranch in Wyoming.〔(Charlie Moore Collection )〕 * the Scandinavian loggers (tie hacks) who cut railroad ties for the nation's railroads in the national forests near Dubois as presented in the Wind River Tie-Hack Gallery 〔(Tie Hacks Brought Scandinavian Flavor to Dubois )〕 * The US Cavalry in Wyoming 〔(U.S. Cavalry in Wyoming )〕 * The homesteaders who settled in the late 1800s Educational tours are also offered to area geological, archaeological, and historical sites of Sheepeater bighorn sheep traps, Plains Indians teepee rings, petroglyphs, and cabins from the “tie hack” era.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Longhorn Ranch Lodge and RV )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dubois Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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