Sheridan, Wyoming Photos

Welcoming Arch, 1903 Industrial Fair, photo by B. C. Buffum. Photo courtesy of and copyrighted by Ben and Mary Sue Henszey.For discussion of B. C. Buffum, see Frontier Days.The 1903 Industrial Fair is regarded as a predecessor of today's State Fair in Douglas. The drug store on the right at 1-7 South Main is still in existence and is only false-fronted building left today on Main Street. On the front of the building today is a mural of the building's appearance when first constructed. The building was constructed in 1883 as a J. H. Conrad & Co. store.Mural of J. H. Conad & Co. StoreJohn H. Conrad had been the post trader at Fort McKinney and later became a prominent banker, stockgrower, and merchantilist in Montana. There he had asperations of becoming governor. Conrad also operated a store at Buffalo. He sold the business to C. W. Hine and J. M. Lobban but their business failed in the panic of 1893. In 1891, Conrad was responsible for obtaining evidence which resulted in the trial of...