Historical Marker
Powder River Country
Kaycee, Johnson County · Wyoming
This copy of the exhibit stands in a town named for a ranch brand. The KC Ranch on the Middle Fork, where Nate Champion was killed in 1892, gave the settlement its letters, and when the government came to name a post office it wanted the word spelled out, so the KC became Kaycee. The office opened in January 1898, by one county history, a small store grew up beside it, and the town was incorporated in 1906. The same exhibit stands in Buffalo, where it marks the northern end of the same country.
Where it stands
43.71807, -106.64225 · Directions
More markers nearby
- The Dull Knife Battle — steps away
- Ranching on the Powder River — steps away
- Nate Champion and Nick Rae — 0.8 mi
- Fort Reno — 21 mi