Trail End State Historic Site

Trail End at 400 Clarendon Avenue is the 1913 Flemish Revival mansion of John B. Kendrick — cattle rancher, Governor of Wyoming, and United States Senator. The house is unusually grand for a ranching town, with 13,748 square feet of living space, original furnishings, and a full-width carriage house. It is maintained by Wyoming State Parks as a museum.

The interiors convey the lifestyle of the Wyoming cattle elite at the peak of the ranching era: rich woodwork, leaded glass, a formal dining room with original china. The grounds are pleasant for a walk, and the house is well interpreted. Open most days in summer; reduced hours in winter. Entry is cheap by any standard.

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A story
John Kendrick arrived in Wyoming from Texas as a penniless cowboy in 1879, pushing longhorn cattle north on the trail. By the time he built Trail End in 1908–13, he owned hundreds of thousands of acres, had become one of the wealthiest men in the state, and was about to be elected Governor of Wyoming and then US Senator. The house stands as evidence that the rags-to-riches arc of frontier mythology was occasionally real.