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==Notable visitors== |
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Revision as of 02:19, 19 April 2007
Sheridan is a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 15,804 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sheridan CountyTemplate:GR.
Geography and Climate
Sheridan is located at 44°47′48″N 106°57′32″W / 44.79667°N 106.95889°WInvalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (44.796720, -106.958970)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.0 km² (8.5 mi²). 22.0 km² (8.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.24%) is water.
Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures | ||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Rec High °F | 70 | 76 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 105 | 107 | 106 | 103 | 92 | 81 | 72 |
Norm High °F | 33 | 39 | 48.2 | 57.5 | 66.4 | 76.4 | 85.2 | 84.9 | 73.1 | 59.8 | 43.4 | 34.4 |
Norm Low °F | 9.7 | 14.9 | 22.5 | 30.4 | 38.6 | 46.8 | 52.4 | 51.5 | 41 | 30.3 | 18.5 | 10.4 |
Rec Low °F | -35 | -32 | -23 | -2 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 6 | -9 | -25 | -37 |
Precip (in) | 0.77 | 0.57 | 1 | 1.77 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 1.11 | 0.8 | 1.38 | 1.41 | 0.8 | 0.68 |
Source: USTravelWeather.com [1] |
Economy
Like most western towns, Sheridan's early industries included cattle ranching, logging, coal mining, railroading, agriculture, and small factories including a flour mill, brewery, and sugarbeet refinery. Residents today find employment in many fields: coal mines, Sheridan College, public schools, Veterans Administration Hospital, coal bed methane extraction, archaeology and engineering firms relating to methane extraction, Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Walmart, EMIT Technologies, banking, law firms; city, county, and state government; real estate, hospitality, Wyoming Sawmills, Burlington Northern Railroad, dude ranching, National Forest, retail, home construction, and a large number of small businesses, farms, and ranches.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 15,804 people, 7,005 households, and 4,062 families residing in the city. The population density was 718.7/km² (1,862.4/mi²). There were 7,413 housing units at an average density of 337.1/km² (873.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.93% White, 0.22% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.
There were 7,005 households out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,420, and the median income for a family was $40,106. Males had a median income of $30,829 versus $19,783 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,500. About 8.6% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Communications
- Newspapers
- Local: The Sheridan Press.
- Regional: The Casper Star Tribune.
- Radio
- Locally, Sheridan has the five+ stations of Sheridan Media.
- Telephone
- Advanced Communications Technology, the CLEC based in Sheridan.
- Qwest, The ILEC, based in Denver, Colorado.
- Bresnan Communications, of Purchase, New York
- Television
Landmarks
Sheridan has several interesting sites to visit as a tourist:
On the National Register of Historic Places:
- The Historic Sheridan Inn - an Inn opened in 1893 with a rich history of notable guests and a good ghost story or two.
- Trail End State Historic Site - a mansion owned by John Benjamin Kendrick, a 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. Most of the contents are original to the Kendrick family.
- Sheridan County Court House-Burkett and Main
- Fort Mackenzie-Currently a hospital administered by the [Veterans Administration] (See External Links).
Others:
- Kendrick Park - Includes ice cream shop, swimming pool, and an elk and buffalo conservatory
Trivia
- Sheridan is mentioned (rather briefly) in Douglas Adams' final work, The Salmon of Doubt. It is, in the book, a place where scientists think an asteroid will strike. Whether or not the asteroid actually does will never be known; Adams died before he finished the book.
- In 1986, MTV ran a contest in which the grand prize was for the world premiere of Prince's movie Under The Cherry Moon, including an appearance by Prince himself, to be held in the winner's hometown. The winner was a Sheridan resident. The town's small size and rural setting made for interesting logistic issues that organizers of the event had to face. One of the most glaring issues was the fact that Sheridan had no limousines anywhere in town at the time; organizers resorted to using school buses to ferry celebrity guests to the premiere.
- Sheridan was ranked number one by the True West Magazine in 2006 for the top western towns and then ranked sixth in the January/February 2007 issue.[1]
- Several scenes of the 2006 film Flicka were filmed on location in Sheridan. Many movies have been filmed in the area including Wild Horses and Endangered Species.
- Every summer in the second week of July, Sheridan hosts the Sheridan, Wyoming Rodeo. During Rodeo Week, events include a parade, the "Sneakers and Spurs" run, a rubber duck race on Big Goose creek in Kendrick Park, a carnival at the fairgrounds, and a golf tournament at the country club. A polo game is held on the last day of Rodeo Week.
- In the film K-PAX, Sheridan is the first stickpin location on a map of cattle slaughter companies.
Notable current and former residents
- Buffalo Bill Cody, who auditioned talent for his Wild West Show off the front porch of the Sheridan Inn.
- Robyn Johnson, Miss Wyoming USA 2007
- Elizabeth Swarthout, Miss Wyoming USA 1970
- Britta Lund, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1991
- Bruce Hoffman, Former Sheridan College basketball coach has most wins for a coach in Junior College Basketball History.
- Mary Orr, Miss Wyoming 1961
- Esther McLeod, Miss Wyoming 1949
- Jim Benepe, Won 1988 Beatrice Western Open
Notable visitors
- Queen Elizabeth II - October 1984
- Joe Dimaggio - Fished in the Big Horn Mountains
- The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, pop music performer
- Bob Knight - Famous Texas Tech and, formerly, Indiana University men's basketball coach visited on several occasions for golfing and fishing
- William Howard Taft - 27th president stayed at the Sheridan Inn
- Tommy Lee Jones - actor came for the famous Sheridan Wyo Rodeo.
- Luke Wilson, Actor
- Dan Quayle, Former Vice President under George H.W. Bush
- Dick Cheney, Vice President under George W. Bush
- Elliot Sadler, a Nascar driver that came to be in the Sheridan Wyo Rodeo Parade
- Calamity Jane, frontierswomen stayed at the Sheridan Inn
Local History Books
- Our Wyoming heritage : as seen through the eyes of the young c1990 by the Sagebrush scholars of Sagebrush Elementary School, Sheridan, Wyoming. (ISBN:0932707203)
- Sheridan, Wyoming, and area historical sites : easy reading c2004 by Charles W. Popovich
External links
- Sheridan Travel and Tourism
- Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce
- The Sheridan Press
- City of Sheridan, WY Homepage
- Fort Mackenzie
Footnotes
- ^ TWMag, p-28,
References
- True West Magazine, January/February 2007 issue, p-28