DEAD TRAIL

Charles Devoe and his wife were returning to their home on a warm day in June of 1886.  The couple heard a gunshot and upon investigation found a dead cowboy, known as Pushroot Jim.  They drove on to Buffalo ( nearly a two day trip) to report the shooting to the sheriff.  The Sheriff and the Coroner rode down and covered the body with rocks and pine boughs.  There was no formal investigation.  almost ten years later, George curry and the members of the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, gathered up the remains and buried them beneath a scrub cedar tree.  The trail, which is almost ten miles west of Kaycee, runs north-then west, then turns back south near Beaver Creek Falls, providing a way for early day travelers to avoid high water crossings.  After this murder, it became known as Dead Man's Trail.