Wyoming Goes Fishing for Tourists

A ClearChannel billboard promoting Devils Tower in Crook County, Wyoming, has appeared in the Chicago area. It says "Ten Watertowers High."

Imagine my surprise when I saw the billboard going east on Route 176 just before Route 31.

The view of Devils Mound as one approaches.

It reminded me of the real thing.

The movie "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" used Devils Mound.

No “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” however.

The Cowboy General Store has a restaurant that is an enjoyable place to eat.

I’d recommend eating at the restaurant that’s part of The Cowboy General Store.

Devils Mound burgers are shaped like buffaloes.

And if you would like to see the Cook County County Fair ribbons I have periodically run in connection to Cook County atrocities, you can see them at the photo place across the road from the restaurant.

Across the road from restaurant is a trailer selling photos in old fashioned clothes.

A sign on the wall of the trailer indicated no photos were allowed inside.

When I asked permission to take photos of the blue ribbons that the photographer had won at the Crook County Fair, I received it.

Blue Ribbon from the Crook County Fair.

When I was asked why, I told them I wrote about Chicago and Cook County.

“I thought Chicago was in Crook County,” she replied.


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