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==Arts and culture== Sheridan has a strong rodeo culture that draws from ranching history as well as a tradition of catering to the wild-west entertainment and shopping tastes of locals and tourists. The Sheridan WYO Rodeo was established in 1931 to provide entertainment and economic development following the success of the PK Ranch Rodeos in 1928 and 1929. It was a professional rodeo from the beginning but took a hiatus because of the Second World War in 1942 and 1943. It returned as a working cowboy rodeo in 1944 with a new name, the Bots Sots Stampede. In 1951 it resumed as the Sheridan-Wyo-Rodeo and became a professional rodeo again in 1966. In 1953, the [[Miss Indian America]] Pageant and All-American Indian Days, "an interracial project in human relations," was founded to celebrate American Indian culture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MISS INDIAN AMERICA History Article|url=https://gregorynickerson.com/missindianamerica/|date=August 28, 2017|website=Gregory Nickerson {{!}} Writer, Filmmaker, Historian.|language=en|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> The mix of cowboy and American Indian pageantry is still a major flavor in Sheridan's annual summer celebrations, akin to rodeos in other reservation-border towns like [[Pendleton, Oregon]]. Sheridan's milieu of cowboy-Indian cross-pollination and community relations provided part of the inspiration for the [[Walt Longmire]] mystery novel and TV series created by local author Craig Johnson. The [[Sheridan WYO Rodeo]], which began in 1931, is widely regarded as one of the top rodeos in the nation. It draws 25,000 guests to its annual, weeklong western celebration and performance each July at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds. The Sheridan WYO Rodeo recently launched a new Labor Day Weekend destination event called the Cowboy State Elite Rodeo, the only [[ERA League of Champions Rodeo]] event in an outdoor arena in the U.S. An eight-foot-tall (2.5 m) replica of ''[[Leonardo's horse]]'' was dedicated on August 20, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wyoming Horse |url=http://www.davincisciencecenter.org/about/leonardo-and-the-horse/the-additional-horses/wyoming/ |website=Da Vinci Science Center}}</ref> The Wyoming Horse was commissioned by the Wyoming Community Foundation on behalf of the Sheridan Public Arts Committee.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rossi |first=Andrew |date=September 2, 2024 |title=Sheridan’s 8-Foot “Wyoming Horse” Is Actually Leonardo da Vinci’s |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/09/02/sheridans-iconic-8-foot-wyoming-horse-is-actually-leonardo-da-vincis/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=Cowboy State Daily |language=en}}</ref> Ten sites in and near Sheridan are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including: [[Image:Trail End State Historic Site aka Kendrick Mansion-Sheridan WY-06-28-2011.JPG|thumb|right|225px|Trail End State Historic Site]] * [[Trail End|Trail End State Historic Site]] - 400 Clarendon Avenue - A mansion finished in 1913 that was the home of [[John B. Kendrick|John Benjamin Kendrick]] (1857–1933). Kendrick was a cattle rancher who served as governor of Wyoming before being elected to three terms as a United States senator. Trail End is now a state-operated museum and is known locally as the Kendrick Mansion. Most of the contents of the museum are original to the Kendrick family. The mansion and carriage house were designed by Glenn Charles McAlister, a self-taught architect from Billings, Montana. In 1979 the mansion's carriage house was converted into a small theater for the performing arts, dubbed The Carriage House Theater. [[File:Sheridan County Courthouse in Sheridan Wyoming - 2013-07-06.jpg|thumb|left|Sheridan County Courthouse]] * [[Quarter Circle A Ranch]] in Big Horn, Wyoming - just 12 miles south of Sheridan. This historic, 620-acre gentleman's working ranch is home to The Brinton Museum, one of the nation's top western and American Indian Museums. * [[Sheridan County Courthouse (Wyoming)]] - 224 South Main Street.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blair|first=Pat|date=March 23, 2014|title=Original Courthouse Still Stands|url=http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/original-courthouse-still-stands69956|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100110/http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/original-courthouse-still-stands69956|archive-date=April 7, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2014|website=SheridanMedia}}</ref> * [[Fort Mackenzie]] - 1898 Fort Road - Currently a hospital administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Administration]]. * Holy Name Catholic School – 260 East Loucks Street - Oldest Catholic school building remaining in the state of Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blair|first=Pat|date=April 6, 2014|title=Holy Name School Among Newest on National Register|url=http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/holy-name-school-among-newest-national-register70203|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102342/http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/holy-name-school-among-newest-national-register70203|archive-date=April 7, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2014|website=SheridanMedia}}</ref> * St. Peter's Episcopal Church - 1 South Tschirgi Street - Noted for its Gothic Revival architecture and stained glass windows.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blair|first=Pat|date=March 30, 2014|title=Gothic Revival Architecture Earns Listing for Church|url=http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/gothic-revival-architecture-earns-listing-church70075|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095329/http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/gothic-revival-architecture-earns-listing-church70075|archive-date=April 7, 2014|access-date=April 1, 2014|website=SheridanMedia}}</ref> * The historic [[Sheridan Inn]] (1893) - 856 Broadway Street - It has had a rich history of notable guests. * [[Sheridan Main Street Historic District]] - Main Street from Burkitt to Mandel streets. * [[Sheridan Railroad Historic District]] - 201-841 Broadway, 508-955 N. Gould * [[Sheridan Flouring Mills, Inc.]] - 2161 Coffeen Avenue. The prominent [[Flue gas stack|smokestack]] is a [[United States Geological Survey]] map reference station. Museums in Sheridan include the Sheridan County Museum and King's Saddlery Museum. The latter's exhibits display Western leather work (especially saddles) and cover Western history.<ref>[http://wyshs.org/mus-kingsaddlery.htm Wyoming State Historical Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014103319/http://wyshs.org/mus-kingsaddlery.htm |date=October 14, 2007 }}.</ref> [[The Brinton Museum]] in Big Horn, Wyoming, exhibits iconic 19th, 20th and 21st century Western and American Indian art in the 25,000 square-foot Forrest E. Mars, Jr. building and in its historic ranch house on the 620-acre Quarter Circle A Ranch. The museum was established in 1961 by [[Bradford Brinton]]'s sister Helen Brinton, who wanted to make his historic collection of art available to the public. Exhibits include pieces by Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, Edward Borein, Winold Reiss, Thomas Moran, and Hans Kleiber, among many others.
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