A trip down memory lane in Sheridan plus Buffalo and two mountain passes

As readers of this column know, I am no fan of the “new” JC Penney Company.

It is my contention that old James Cash Penney (whose first store was right here in Wyoming, in Kemmerer), is spinning in his grave as to how his successors have managed to ruin that company.

But I loved the old Penney’s. I took a trip down memory lane at that company’s long-time store on Main Street of Sheridan recently during a recent trip. There, smack in the heart of the town, is an old-fashioned Penney Store, complete with a basement, a half upstairs and, well, the only edifices missing were the pneumat...