Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody AND JOAN RIVERS?

The Occidental Saloon

We decided to check out the historic hotel in Buffalo, The Occidental.

http://www.occidentalwyoming.com/

As you may have seen on the web site above, Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill Cody, among others, all came to The Occidental.  Especially the bar.

We went to the bar first.  It certainly looked original, and we found out it was.  Copper ceilings, wonderful long bar.  Everything you would expect in a Western bar from the 1800's. 

It was packed.  On a Tuesday evening.  Seemed to be all locals and they all had on cowboy hats and boots.  Then we noticed some young folks running around with equipment and talking to each other on something like cell phones.  They seemed pretty stressed and busy. 

No sooner did we realize that something was up, these young folks started passing out Press Releases for us all to sign.  They were producers from the Joan and Melissa Rivers television show on WE. For filming, Joan was going to come in and talk with the owner at the bar.  They had a few of the cowboys and cowgirls stand around the center of the bar.  We were are the end.  After waiting about 30 minutes, Joan came in with many people and did her thing filming with the owner and cowboys at the bar while two cameras caught everything.  I'm afraid they may have caught us also. 

Afterward Joan did a little comedy routine for the crowd.  She was very funny, and, being Joan Rivers, she didn't hold anything back. 

She did say that she, Melissa (her daughter) and grandson had been coming to a Buffalo dude ranch for 3 years and that they all loved it there.

We think that, even though Buffalo is a small, little town on the edge of the Bighorn Mountains, there may be many "famous" people that come to the area and probably have ranches nearby.

It was a fun way to kill a few hours.  The people of Buffalo are certainly friendly and mostly hard working ranchers who enjoyed the evening as well.  Here's a link to Joan's TV show:

http://www.wetv.com/shows/joan-melissa-joan-knows-best/cast/joan-rivers