Editing Medicine Bow, Wyoming (section)

==In popular culture==
Much of the [[Western fiction|Western novel]] ''[[The Virginian (novel)|The Virginian]]'' and subsequent [[The Virginian (TV series)|television series]] of the same name were set in or near Medicine Bow.

Chapter XXVIII from [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' involves a subplot about making a train pass through an unsafe bridge near Medicine Bow.

In the 1960 episode of the television series ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' entitled "The Misfortune Teller", hero Bret Maverick is nearly lynched by the citizens of Medicine Bow, under the mistaken impression that he is a swindler and the murderer of their late mayor.

In an episode of Laramie ("The Track of the Jackal"), a wanted man is brought to Laramie who is wanted by a bounty hunter to be turned in at Medicine Bow.