Wyoming Stories

. . . and tales of the old West

Books and Websites of Interest

Copyright Russ and Donna Sherwin, 2010

In March, 1939, game poacher and bank robber "Tarzan of the Tetons" is pursued by lawmen, finally shot and killed by a 17-year-old boy across the street from the bank he robbed in Powell, Wyo.

Book: Metz, Jerred, The Last Eleven Days of Earl Durand, High Plains Press, Glendo, Wyoming: 2005

Website: Wyoming State Archives

Maintained by the Wyoming State Dept. of Parks and Cultural Resources, this is a great site for general Wyoming history.

A wonderful website of photographs, stories and historical information about Wyoming. It's like wandering through a museum!

Website: G. B. Dobson,