Unveiling Wyoming’s Mount Rushmore: Four Faces Of Influence

How could you ever choose who has impacted Wyoming's history so much that they should be enshrined on a mountainside?

If Wyoming had a Mount Rushmore, who should be put on there?

I asked ChatGPT for an idea, with Chris LeDoux locked in as one of the four. I think Chris was about as Wyoming as there is. I talked with Ned LeDoux recently, and Ned said he's never heard anyone say anything bad about Chris and that he lived by the 'treat others like you'd want to be treated '.

If you know anything about Wyoming's vast history, you know that Buffalo Bill Cody played a considerable role in shaping the Cowboy State. Not only did his Wild West Show entertain people worldwide, but he was influential in shaping Wyoming.

Next, ChatGPT nominated Chief Washakie as one of the four on Mount Rushmore of Wyoming. The Shoshone leader was influential and worked for peace between Native tribes and settlers. There's already a County named after him and a statue of him at the US Capitol Building.

The fourth face on the face of Wyoming's Mount Rushmore could be the nation's first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross. After her husband's death, she was nominated and took her husband's place as Governor. Later, she was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to two five-year terms as the Director of the U.S. Mint.

All four were influential Wyomingites from different times in history. Who would you nominate to be honored on the Mount Rushmore of Wyoming? Let us know.