A Place Called Thorofare:
People, Wilderness & Wildlife Management

In truth there's almost no end to the ferocity of this place, a wildness that tugs and shapes everyone who spends any amount of time here, on occasion wrenching them into something bigger than life itself.
- Gary Ferguson*

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The year 2005 marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Thorofare cabin, the center of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's backcountry outpost lying in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem - the most remote spot in the lower forty-eight states. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center celebrates this milestone with the exhibition, A Place Called Thorofare: People, Wilderness & Wildlife Management.

Through historical and contemporary photography, the exhibition explores the spectacular Thorofare region, the cabin and its builders, and those who have used the outpost to help conserve wildlands and wildlife in this unique place. Since 1955, the outpost has been used for landmark wildlife research, monitoring, and management of grizzly, elk, wolf and numerous other species. Learn how it will be used to deal with more wildlife challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.

Approximately 70 photographs, maps, and documents tell the interesting story of the Thorofare - the place, the people and the wildlife.

A Place Called Thorofare is on view through August 31, 2008.

Historical images from the McCracken Research Library's Jack Richard Photography Collection and stunning contemporary photography by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are complemented by objects from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department.

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, on the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, is proud to present the first exhibition about this special place.

A Place Called Thorofare is on view through August 31, 2008.

Sponsors

A Place Called Thorofare: People, Wilderness & Wildlife Management is a collaboration between the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and the Wyoming Game & Fish Department. Sponsored in part by generous contributions from Kathryn and John Heminway, Sage Creek Ranch, The Donner Fund & the Wyoming Council for the Humanities.

*Quoted in Gary Ferguson, Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Adventure Press, 2003), p xvii.