Rawlins, WY Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

There would be little reason to stop at the tiny prairie town of RAWLINS , a hundred miles west of Laramie, but for one extraordinary sight: the unmissable Wyoming Frontier Prison , at Fifth and Walnut streets (hourly tours 8.30am–5.30pm June–Aug, by reservation only the rest of the year; $4.25; tel 307/324-4422). In service until 1981, this huge, creepy jail with dark, neglected cells, peeling walls and echoing corridors is as different from Laramie's Wyoming Territorial Park as it is possible to be. While the whole experience is troubling – not least due to the fascinating life stories and … more »