Editing Big Piney, Wyoming (section)

==History==
Big Piney is the oldest settlement in Sublette County. It was founded in 1879, when rancher Daniel B. Budd and his partner Hugh McKay came with a thousand head of cattle from Nevada hoping to ship them, but got caught instead in severe winter weather in the Green River Valley. The following year, Dan Budd relocated his family to what became Big Piney.

The town was named after Big Piney Creek. The creek took its name from the pine trees growing along the banks of the creek.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23181|title= Profile for Big Piney, Wyoming, WY|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>

Cattle and oil have traditionally been the two primary industries for the area.

The [[Wardell Buffalo Trap]], a canyon used by Native Americans to trap [[bison]], is in the vicinity of Big Piney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/site.asp?id=384|title=Wardell Buffalo Trap|publisher=Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office|access-date=August 4, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>  Its potential [[archaeology|archeological]] value led to its listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971.<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

===Historical documentaries===
In 1987, actress [[Glenn Close]], daughter of [[William Close|one of the town's doctors]], co-produced a documentary about the vanishing cowboy of the American West, entitled, "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?" The film focused on several generations of cattle ranching families in Big Piney. It was first shown in 1988 as part of the PBS television series "[[The American Experience]]" and was narrated by actor [[Robert Redford]].

Big Piney was one of four international locations chosen for the 2006 documentary film ''Comrades in Dreams'', about the impact of local movie theaters in four different cultures (North Korea, [[Burkina Faso]], India and Wyoming).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500330253/ |title=Sundance Channel &#124; Comrades in Dreams |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003331/http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500330253/ |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>