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Wyoming Frontier Prison


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 2 attractions in Rawlins
Traveller Description: The Wyoming Frontier Prison is the original state penitentiary, open from 1901-1981 (not to be confused with the Territorial Prison located in... more »
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Attraction type: Old jail
Activities: Group tours/walking tour

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4 Jun 2009
1
person found this review helpful

This was my favorite thing I did in Wyoming, and my favorite thing we did in my entire trip across the country. The museum was neat, but the actual tour of the grounds was fantastic! The tour guide was nice and very funny, the stories that were told as a part of the tour were extremely amusing. Kind of creepy,... more

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5 of 5 stars
Chicago, Illinois
21 Aug 2007
2
people found this review helpful

Half way between Denver and Jackson Hole you can go to jail. The tour puts you in the Cell blocks, isolation cells and ofers you a seat in the gas chamber if you desire. More personal than a tour of Alcatraz. The tour guide reveals prison life with various stories. STop at Straight Shooter for breakfast and then go off... more

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4 of 5 stars
Roseville, Minnesota, USA
26 Jul 2007
2
people found this review helpful

Great place to tour. You need to go on a tour to see the facility. You can only walk the museum and gift shop on your own. Well worth the money. If you don't like the idea of seeing the places where some criminals met their maker, then you might want to skip the part of the tour where you... more

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4 of 5 stars
Washington, D.C.
27 Aug 2006
4
people found this review helpful

While I admit that taking my family of four here sounds a little odd, this was one of the few stops available in the long drive between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City, and it turned out to be a great call. You get a fairly lengthy tour of a prison that was opened in the early 1900s (as I recall)... more

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