Wyoming Territory Sheepwagons
Do you want a unique adventure? Come and stay overnight in an authentic
sheep wagon of the early 1900's! Relive the simplicity of the home away
from home when ranchers needed these wagons to give them or their sheerer
a bed to sleep on and a stove to keep out the chill of a cold Wyoming
night. Enjoy this once in a lifetime experience.
In 1884 James Candlish of Rawlins, Wyoming built the first and original "Home on Wheels" in his blacksmith shop. Later, in about 1892, the Schulte Hardware Company of Casper began building an improved model. The Schulte had Dutch doors, a window above the bed and a cast iron stove. The Sheepwagon, or Sheepcamp as it is sometimes referred to today, had been described as a "marvel of compactness" and, until the 1950's when the Schulte Hardware Company burned, the basic design of the sheepwagon changed very little.
