The former logging town of DUBOIS ("dew-boys"), squeezed into the northern tip of the Wind River valley, and an oasis among the badlands, turned to tourism after its final sawmill closed in 1987. Given a head start by being just fifty miles southeast of Grand Teton National Park (via the dramatic Togwotee Pass ), Dubois is home to the biggest herd of bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states, and celebrates that fact with its National Bighorn Sheep Center , a half-mile northwest of town on US-26/287 (daily: summer 9am–8pm; rest of year 9am–5pm; closed for part of winter; $2; tel 307/455-3429). … more »
Dubois (pop 1000) is a picturesque settlement, sitting at the heart of fertile ranch-land fed... more »
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