Crowheart: US 26/287 - East
Tucked into the broad Wind River Basin, Crowheart is a place whose character is shaped by open rangeland and long-distance road travel. This small Wyoming community stands on the US 26/US 287 corridor, a principal route across central Wyoming toward Grand Teton country. Irrigated fields, grazing land and scattered ranch buildings break up the otherwise expansive basin. Crowheart takes its name from nearby Crowheart Butte, associated with an 1866 conflict between Shoshone and Crow warriors. The Wind River Range rises to the west, placing this quiet crossroads within one of Wyoming’s defining high-country landscapes.
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Built around a rural junction on US Highway 26/287, Crowheart grew into a small Wind River Basin community within the Wind River Indian Reservation. The Wind River passes through sagebrush country nearby, with the Wind River Range to the south and the Absaroka Range to the northwest. Crowheart Butte recalls a traditional account of a Shoshone victory over Crow warriors, from which the settlement takes its name. The reservation is home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare landscapes and settings around the Wind River Basin.
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