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Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center will celebrate the 28th anniversary of Great Dam Day Saturday, Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center, along with Buffalo …
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Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center will celebrate the 28th anniversary of Great Dam Day Saturday, Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center, along with Buffalo Bill State Park, will host this year’s event at the visitor center located 6 miles west of Cody at the dam site.
In addition to the events planned, there will be different interpretive learning stations located below the visitor center on the old road to Yellowstone.
Through cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the old dam road is open next to the visitor center one time during the year, allowing the public to walk or ride bicycle to take in the views from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Rides back to the center will be available.
Buffalo Bill Dam was completed in 1910 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Buffalo Bill Dam was the tallest dam in the world upon completion. Construction began in 1904 and work was dangerous, difficult and tedious.
The completed water storage supplies four irrigation districts on over 93,000 acres of farmland.
The event is open and free to the public. For any questions or additional information, please contact the Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center General Manager Leslie Slater Wilson at 307-527-6076.
