The Hog Ranches Of Wyoming

Hog Ranches on the Wyoming frontier? The only thing raised there was some "hell." Frontier "hog ranches" were part saloon, part dance hall, and part brothel. These rip-roaring establishments usually sprung up around forts to provide diversion for the troops, although cowboys and locals were often willing to pull up a stool at the bar as well.      Author Larry Brown has gathered the stories of Wyoming's hog ranches from Mother Featherlegs's place to the Nine Mile Ranch to the Hog Ranch at Fetterman. These colorful stories were brimming with sin, gunplay, gambling, murder, outlaws, and romance. "you . . . will feel satisfied when you finish Larry Brown's Hog Ranches of Wyoming, that you learned something about history that doesn't find its way into textbooks." --Mark Junge, editor, Wyoming Annals--