Lander outdoor arena keeps Western cowboy culture alive

LANDER - There's a famous photo of Lander taken by local photographer Ted Carlson. In it, a herd of cattle spans the center of Main Street, led by a cowboy on a horse.

According to a post by the Pioneer Museum from a few years ago, this image of the Ellis ranch cattle drive was likely captured sometime in the early 1980s. It's captioned "Rush hour in Wyoming," and at one point was hung everywhere in Lander.

"I would've promoted Lander as a cowboy town [when I came here] 35 years ago," said Paula McCormick, president of the Lander Old Timers Rodeo Association.

"Now, we're an outdoors town, and...