Sheridan, Wyoming
Encyclopedia
Sheridan is a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The 2010 census put the population at 17,444 and a Micropolitan Statistical Area of 29,116. It is the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

 of Sheridan County.

History

The city was named after General Philip Sheridan
Philip Sheridan
Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...

, Union
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by 11 southern slave states that had declared a secession to join together to form the...

 cavalry
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

 leader in the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

.

Geography and climate

Sheridan is located at 44°47′48"N 106°57′32"W (44.796720, -106.958970).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the city has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22.0 km²), of which, 8.46 square miles (22.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.24%) is water.

Sheridan experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

 BSk), with cold, dry winters and hot, wetter summers.

Economy

Like most towns in the western United States, Sheridan's early industries included cattle ranching, logging, coal mining, railroading, agriculture, and small factories including a flour mill, brewery, and sugarbeet refinery. Residents today find employment in many fields including nearby coal mines
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...

, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, coal bed methane extraction
Coal bed methane extraction
Coal bed methane extraction is a method for extracting methane from a coal deposit.-Basic principles:The methane is adsorbed into the solid coal matrix and is released when the coal seam is depressurised...

, health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...

, retailing
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

, bank
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...

ing, law firm
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...

s; city, county, and state government; , National Forest
United States National Forest
National Forest is a classification of federal lands in the United States.National Forests are largely forest and woodland areas owned by the federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. Land management of these areas...

, home construction
Home construction
Home construction is the process of constructing a home. Beginning with simple pre-historic shelters, home construction techniques have evolved to produce the vast multitude of living accommodations available today. Different levels of wealth and power have warranted various sizes, luxuries, and...

, and a large number of small business
Small business
A small business is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships...

es, farming
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, and ranch
Ranch
A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in the western United States and Canada, though...

ing.

Transportation

Bus service is available in Sheridan through Arrow/Blackhills Stage Lines. There is currently no local service; however, the Sheridan Trolley runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Sheridan is served by Sheridan County Airport
Sheridan County Airport
Sheridan County Airport is a public airport located two miles southwest of the central business district of Sheridan, a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, USA. The airport covers and has two runways...

, located southwest of town. Bighorn Airways
Bighorn Airways
Bighorn Airways is an American charter company based in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. It operates domestic charter passenger and cargo services, including contract services. Its main base is Sheridan County Airport.- History :...

 offers airplane and helicopter air charter service, as well as an aircraft repair and installation center. Cheyenne
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...

-based Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines , is an American regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Corporate headquarters are located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with hubs at Denver International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, McCarran...

 offers service to Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

.

Education

Public education in the city of Sheridan is provided by Sheridan County School District #2
Sheridan County School District Number 2
Sheridan County School District #2 is a public school district based in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States.-Geography:Sheridan County School District #2 serves the central portion of Sheridan County, including the following communities:...

. There are six elementary, two junior (or middle) schools-Sheridan Junior High and The Wright Place, and two high schools-Sheridan High School and Ft. Mackenzie High Schools. The Wright Place and Ft. Mackenzie High School are considered alternative education
Alternative education
Alternative education, also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative, includes a number of approaches to teaching and learning other than mainstream or traditional education. Educational alternatives are often rooted in various philosophies that are fundamentally different...

 programs. In addition the district supports home schooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...

. Private and parochial
Parochial school
A parochial school is a school that provides religious education in addition to conventional education. In a narrower sense, a parochial school is a Christian grammar school or high school which is part of, and run by, a parish.-United Kingdom:...

 schools are operated by Normative Services, Holy Name Parish (Holy Name School), and several religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

-based organizations. The Northern Wyoming Community College District offers post-secondary education with Sheridan College
Sheridan College (Wyoming)
Sheridan College is operated by the Northern Wyoming Community College District and includes the original campus in Sheridan, Wyoming, the Gillette Campus in Gillette, Wyoming, and outreach programs in Sheridan, Johnson, and Campbell Counties....

.

In 2008, Sheridan High School was named #1,348 of the 1,355 best public high schools by Newsweek magazine.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 15,804 people, 7,005 households, and 4,062 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,862.4 people per square mile (718.7/km²). There were 7,413 housing units at an average density of 873.6 per square mile (337.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.93% White, 0.22% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population. 24.0% were of German, 12.5% English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

, 10.3% Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

, 7.6% United States or American, 5.9% Norwegian and 5.3% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 7,005 households out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city the age distribution of the population shows 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,420, and the median income for a family was $40,106. Males had a median income of $30,829 versus $19,783 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the city was $18,500. About 8.6% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

Sheridan is governed via the mayor-council system. The city consists of six members elected from one of three wards with each ward electing two members. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The city has its own police department.

The United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...

 operates the Sheridan Post Office.

The Wyoming Department of Family Services
Wyoming Department of Family Services
Wyoming Department of Family Services is a state agency of Wyoming, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne.The Juvenile Services Division, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building, is responsible for incarcerating juvenile delinquents...

 Juvenile Services Division operates the Wyoming Girls' School, located in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Sheridan County, near Sheridan. The facility was operated by the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform
Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform
The Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform was a state agency of Wyoming that operated the state's charitable and penal institutions.-History:...

 until that agency was dissolved as a result of a state constitutional amendment passed in November 1990.

Local media

Newspapers
The Sheridan Press is the local newspaper. The Billings Gazette
Billings Gazette
The Billings Gazette is the largest newspaper in Montana and Northern Wyoming. It is geographically one of the largest distributed newspapers in the nation....

and Casper Star Tribune are regional newspapers available in Sheridan.

Radio
Several stations are in the area. Sheridan Media owns five; KROE
KROE
KROE is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, USA, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc., and features programing from CBS Radio.-History:...

 AM 930, KWYO
KWYO
KWYO is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country music format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, USA, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio.-History:...

 AM 1410, KYTI
KYTI
KYTI is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. The station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. and features programing from Westwood One.-History:...

 FM 93.7 , KZWY
KZWY
KZWY is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc.-History:...

 FM 94.9, and KLQQ
KLQQ
KLQQ is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 format. Licensed to Clearmont, Wyoming, USA, the station serves the Sheridan, Wyoming area. It is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc.-History:...

 FM 104.9. KLGT
KLGT
KLGT KIX 96-5 is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Buffalo, Wyoming, USA, the station serves the Sheridan area, and most of northeastern Wyoming...

 96.5 "Kix Country," and KZZS
KZZS
KZZS is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Story, Wyoming, USA, the station serves the Sheridan area, along with most of northeastern Wyoming...

 98.3 "The Peak" are also stations in the area. Two are public radio
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...

 stations; KSUW
KSUW (FM)
KSUW is a radio station licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming. The station is owned by the University of Wyoming, and is an affiliate of Wyoming Public Radio , airing a format consisting of news, jazz, adult album alternative and classical music originating from KUWR in Laramie, Wyoming.-External links:*...

 FM 91.3, is a Wyoming Public Radio
Wyoming Public Radio
Wyoming Public Radio is a non-profit, commercial free radio network licensed to the University of Wyoming.-Programming and Operation:Wyoming Public Radio was founded in 1966, and the station's format is similar to that of many other American public radio stations. Although licensed to the...

 station and KPRQ
KPRQ
KPRQ is a radio station licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming. The station is owned by Montana State University-Billings, and is an affiliate of Yellowstone Public Radio, originating from KEMC in Billings, Montana.-External links:*...

 FM 88.1, via translator from Montana State University - Billings
Montana State University - Billings
Montana State University Billings is a state university. Its main campus is located in downtown Billings, Montana, United States. Formerly Eastern Montana Normal School when it was founded, it was then renamed to Eastern Montana College before being renamed to its present name in 1994...

 in Billings
Billings, Montana
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...

.
Television
Four television stations are available in Sheridan: KTVQ
KTVQ
KTVQ is the CBS TV affiliate in Billings, Montana, USA. It broadcasts on channel 2 and is owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company...

 (CBS) from Billings
Billings, Montana
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...

 and KSWY (NBC) from Casper
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...

, KSGW
KOTA-TV
KOTA-TV, channel 3, is an ABC television affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. The station is owned by the Duhamel family of Rapid City...

 (ABC) which simulcast
Simulcast
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s KOTA
KOTA-TV
KOTA-TV, channel 3, is an ABC television affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. The station is owned by the Duhamel family of Rapid City...

 in Rapid City
Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...

. There is also a translator for PBS affiliate KCWC
KCWC-TV
Wyoming PBS is the Public Broadcasting Service member network in the state of Wyoming. It currently consists of flagship KCWC-TV, channel 4 in Riverton ; full-power satelites KWYP-TV, channel 8 in Laramie and KPTW, channel 6 in Casper; and 35 low-power translator stations across the state.The...

 in Lander
Lander, Wyoming
Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just...

.

Sheridan in fiction

Sheridan is mentioned rather briefly in Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...

' final work, The Salmon of Doubt
The Salmon of Doubt
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time is a posthumous collection of previously published and unpublished material by Douglas Adams...

. It is, in the book, a place where scientists think an asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 will strike. Whether or not the asteroid actually does will never be known; Adams died before he finished the book.

Several scenes of the 2006 film Flicka
Flicka
-Chart performance:...

were filmed on location in Sheridan and in the film K-PAX
K-PAX (film)
K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction and mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on a novel of the same name by Brewer about a psychiatric patient who...

, Sheridan is the first stickpin location on a map of cattle slaughter companies. Many movies have been filmed in the area including Wild Horses and Endangered Species.

Sheridan is frequently mentioned in the Colonial Radio old west drama serial Powder River.

Tourism

As Sheridan was ranked number one by the True West Magazine
True West Magazine
True West Magazine is an American magazine that contains glossy articles and covers; reporting about events that happened in the "Old West" era.-History:True West began publication in 1953...

 in 2006 for the top western towns and then ranked sixth in the January/February 2007 issue, it is a vacation destination as well as a travel stop due to its proximity to Interstate 90
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...

 and U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14 , an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles , but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles . For much of its length, it runs roughly parallel to Interstate 90.As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in...

.

There are ten places in and near to Sheridan that are on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 including:

  • Trail End State Historic Site - 400 Clarendon Avenue - A mansion finished in 1913 that was the home of John Benjamin Kendrick
    John B. Kendrick
    John Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...

     (1857–1933). Kendrick was a cattle rancher who served as governor of Wyoming before being elected to three terms as a United States senator. Trail End is now a state-operated museum and is known locally as the Kendrick Mansion. Most of the contents of the museum are original to the Kendrick family. The mansion and carriage house were designed by Glenn Charles McAlister, a self-taught architect from Billings, Montana.
  • Sheridan County Court House - 224 South Main Street. The architect was Glenn Charles McAlister.
  • Fort Mackenzie - 1898 Fort Road - Currently a hospital administered by the Veterans Administration
    United States Department of Veterans Affairs
    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...

    .
  • The historic Sheridan Inn
    Sheridan Inn
    Sheridan Inn is an inn operated by Buffalo Bill Cody from 1894 to 1896 in Sheridan, Wyoming. Buffalo Bill would audition talent for his Wild West Show from the porch during his ownership.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964....

     - 856 Broadway Street - An inn opened in 1893 with a rich history of notable guests.
  • Sheridan Main Street Historic District - Main Street from Burkitt to Mandel Streets.
  • Sheridan Railroad Historic District - 201-841 Broadway, 508-955 N. Gould
  • Sheridan Flouring Mills, Inc. - 2161 Coffeen Avenue. The prominent smokestack
    Flue gas stack
    A flue-gas stack is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which combustion product gases called flue gases are exhausted to the outside air. Flue gases are produced when coal, oil, natural gas, wood or any other fuel is combusted in an industrial furnace, a power...

     is a United States Geological Survey
    United States Geological Survey
    The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

     map reference station.


There are several museums in Sheridan, including the Sheridan County Museum and King's Saddlery Museum whose exhibits cover Western leather work (especially saddles) and Western history.

The City of Sheridan maintains nine parks. Kendrick Park, at the corner of Badger and Beaver Streets, includes a children's play area, an ice cream shop, a swimming pool, and a buffalo and elk conservatory.

Every summer in the second week of July, Sheridan hosts the WYO Rodeo. Rodeo Week events include a parade, the "Sneakers and Spurs" run, a rubber duck race on Big Goose creek in Kendrick Park, a carnival at the fairgrounds, and a golf tournament at the country club. On the final day of Rodeo Week, a tailgate party and polo game are held in nearby Big Horn, Wyoming
Big Horn, Wyoming
Big Horn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 198 at the 2000 census and 490 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

.

Notable natives and residents

  • Kanin Asay, bull rider on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
    Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
    The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is an organization whose members compete in rodeos throughout North America, primarily in the United States. The PRCA sanctions rodeo venues and events through the PRCA Circuit System. Its championship event is the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo...

     tour
  • Brad Anderson
    Brad Anderson (executive)
    Bradbury "Brad" Anderson is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. He retired on 6/22/11 and was replaced by Brian J. Dunn. In fiscal 2006, he earned a salary of $1,164,283 and a bonus of $2,692,250. His annual compensation for fiscal year 2007 was $5.6...

    , CEO Best Buy
    Best Buy
    Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...

  • Jim Benepe
    Jim Benepe
    James L. Benepe III is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Benepe was born, raised and lived most of his life in Sheridan, Wyoming. He attended Northwestern University and was a first-team All-American in 1986 as well as the 1986 Big Ten Champion...

    , won 1988 Beatrice Western Open
  • Buffalo Bill Cody, who auditioned talent for his Wild West Show off the front porch of the Sheridan Inn
  • William Henry Harrison
    William H. Harrison (Wyoming Congressman)
    William Henry Harrison was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming.-Political career:...

    , U.S. Representative from Wyoming
  • Bruce Hoffman
    Bruce Hoffman
    Bruce Hoffman is the Director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a specialist in the study of terrorism and counter-insurgency...

    , former Sheridan College (Wyoming)
    Sheridan College (Wyoming)
    Sheridan College is operated by the Northern Wyoming Community College District and includes the original campus in Sheridan, Wyoming, the Gillette Campus in Gillette, Wyoming, and outreach programs in Sheridan, Johnson, and Campbell Counties....

     basketball coach who has the most wins for a coach in junior college basketball history
  • Robyn Johnson
    Robyn Johnson
    Robyn Anne Johnson is a beauty queen from Sheridan, Wyoming who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Johnson won the Miss Wyoming USA title in a state pageant held in Casper, Wyoming on 10 September 2006. She beat thirty-four other women to win the competition. Johnson had previously...

    , Miss Wyoming USA
    Miss Wyoming USA
    , Miss Wyoming USA 2012]]The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. The Miss Wyoming USA pageant is currently produced by Future Productions....

     2007
  • Melody Kekich, 2006 Women's Professional Rodeo Association
    Women's Professional Rodeo Association
    The Women's Professional Rodeo Association is one of the largest rodeo sanctioning bodies in the world and is open exclusively to women eighteen years of age and older...

     Team Roping Rookie of the Year
  • Rod Kekich, 1976 National Finals Rodeo Steer Wrestler
  • John B. Kendrick
    John B. Kendrick
    John Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...

    , Governor of Wyoming (1915–1917) and U.S. Senator (1917–1933)
  • T. Allen Lawson
    T. Allen Lawson
    T. Allen Lawson is an American artist recognized for his landscape paintings of Wyoming and Maine subjects, and is perhaps best known for having painted the White House Christmas card in 2008. His work is characterized by patient observation of nature and an interest in abstract design...

    , American artist
  • Britta Lund, Miss Wyoming Teen USA
    Miss Wyoming Teen USA
    The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wyoming is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on four occasions...

     1991
  • Leonard McEwan
    Leonard McEwan
    Leonard A. McEwan was an American jurist who was a member of both the Wyoming Supreme Court, which meets in the capital city of Cheyenne, and the Fourth Judicial District Court, which convenes in Sheridan and serves Sheridan and Johnson counties...

    , former Sheridan College trustee and member of the Wyoming Supreme Court
    Wyoming Supreme Court
    The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming for an eight-year term. The five Justices select the Chief Justice from amongst themselves. The person...

     and the Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan
  • Terence Matedero, best-selling author
  • Esther McLeod, Miss Wyoming
    Miss Wyoming
    Miss Wyoming is a state-level pageant which sends winners to compete for the title of Miss America. The competition, which awards scholarships, is open to women aged 17 through 24.- Winners :-External links:*...

     1949
  • Clint Oldenburg
    Clint Oldenburg
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    , was born in Sheridan and is currently playing for the Washington Redskins
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     1961
  • Romaine Patterson
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    , Sirius Satellite Radio talk show host, activist
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    , governor of Arizona, 1951–1955
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  • Elizabeth Swarthout, Miss Wyoming USA
    Miss Wyoming USA
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  • Cris Williamson
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  • Dan M. "Buck" Brannaman
    Buck Brannaman
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Further reading

  • Georgen, Cynde. In the shadow of the Bighorns: A history of early Sheridan and the Goose Creek valley of northern Wyoming. Sheridan, Wyoming: Sheridan County Historical Society, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9792871-7-6
  • Georgen, Cynde A. One cowboy's dream: John B. Kendrick, his family, home, and ranching empire. 2nd edition, revised. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1-57864-239-6
  • Morton, Sam. Where the rivers run north. Sheridan County Historical Society Press, 2007. ISBN 0979084105
  • Popovich, Charles W. Sheridan, Wyoming, and area historical sites: easy reading. 2004.
  • Sagebrush scholars of Sagebrush Elementary School, Sheridan, Wyoming. Our Wyoming heritage : as seen through the eyes of the young. 1990. ISBN 0932707203

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