Can You Solve A Murder At The Virginian Hotel, Wyoming?
What a perfect place for a murder mystery.
At one of Wyoming's oldest, most historic, haunted, and creepiest hotels.
This November, travel to Medicine Bow Wyoming for a mystery-themed, puzzle-solving experience.
This will be an immersive two-hour experience that includes a captivating show, hors d’oeuvres, and specialty cocktails all woven around the rich history of The Virginian.
Those putting on the event stress that it is for adults 21 and over.
Show will be held - sorry - BODIES WILL HIT THE FLOOR - November 1 at 5:30 pm - November 3 at 8:00 pm
You can visit the program's website and make reservations at this link.
If you are traveling from far away you might want to see if you can make a reservation at the old hotel.
It's still open to the public.
So is the saloon and restaurant.
Despite the look of the town Medicine Bow Wyoming has been one of the most important historical locations in Wyoming. A lot has happened there over the decades.
Construction on the hotel began in 1901 and was completed in 1911.
It was built by August Grimm, the first mayor of Medicine Bow, and his partner George Plummer.
The hotel was named for the famous novel written in Medicine Bow, The Virginian by Owen Wister.
The hotel is as far out in the middle of nothing as a person can get in Wyoming.
While there be sure the visit the museum, and see the airstrip that overlooks the town.
The town's humble little grass airstrip helped shape America.
In the video below, you will see what this important airport looks like today.
Medicine Bow has always been a humble little town. But at one point it was an important stop on America's first coast-to-coast railway, its first coast-to-coast highway, and the nation's first airmail service.
The town was even made famous in the best-selling novel, The Virginian.
As if the Pony Express wasn't daring enough, next came the brave and slightly foolhardy men who first took the mail to the sky.
Using old and not-so-reliable World War I surplus planes, the United States Postal Service was determined to figure out how to fly mail from coast to coast saving up to a month of travel time if they were successful.
At the little Medicine Bow airport there is a cement arrow, pointing the flyers to their next stop. These arrows were placed across the nation for pilots to see and follow from the air.
The only way to navigate was to fly low and follow the Union Pacific railroad tracks across the country and across Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Medicine Bow, Rock Springs, and other towns along the route were refuelling and repair points on the map.
Many planes crashed. Some men died.
The book "Wyoming Air Mail Pioneers" chronicles the men who were legends, heroes, and celebrities of their time. They had several stories written about them in newspapers across America.
"Wyoming Air Mail Pioneers" was co-written by Starley Talbott and Michael E. Kassel with a forward by local Cheyenne flight school owner Doniv Feltner of Wings Of Wyoming.
Ask for it at your local Wyoming bookstore or order it online.
VIDEO OF MEDICINE BOW AIRPORT.
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Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods