The historic Elk Mountain Hotel is an elegantly
restored Folk Victorian hotel built in 1905. The hotel
offers a hot complimentary American breakfast with any
of our beautifully decorated guestrooms appointed with
period antiques. Features the elegant “1905” Dining
Room. Nearby activities include cross country skiing,
snowmobiling, seeing a working Wyoming buffalo ranch,
mountain biking, hiking, blue-ribbon trout fishing, bird
watching and mountain-top picnics, or to the ranch for
trophy elk and buffalo hunts.
Originally called “Medicine Butte,” the mountain and
surrounding areas served as sacred Indian hunting
grounds. In the late 19th century, it was a waypoint for
early American settlers heading west along the Overland
Trail and other routes. In more modern times Elk Mountain
Hotel served as home to the infamous Garden Spot
Pavilion. It was here that performers like Louis Armstrong,
Lawrence Welk and Tommy Dorsey inspired hundreds to
“jump on and ride” the magical dance floor.
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