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Photograph of Pahaska Tepee
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Pahaska Tepee

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“Pahaska Tepee is William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's old hunting lodge and hotel in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is located 50 miles (80 km) west of the town of Cody and two miles from the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park.”

Wikipedia article Pahaska Tepee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2 mi. E of E entrance to Yellowstone National Park on U.S. 14, Cody, 82414
  • When was it listed? March 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Cody
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 73001938 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Pahaska Tepee between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 11 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShoshone National ForestEAST
22 September 2009Natural326 acresShoshone National ForestCASTLE
8 August 2003Natural6.0 acresShoshone National ForestCODY PEAK
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreShoshone National ForestCASTLE
27 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShoshone National ForestPAHASKA
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreShoshone National ForestCANFIELD
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreYellowstone National ParkCODY PEAK
18 August 2010Natural200 acresYellowstone National ParkARTHUR 2

Every fire recorded in Park County

Storms near this property

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cody, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 wildfire, 4 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000LightningCody5 hurtno account filed
July 1998HailCody$35,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodCody$10,000A thunderstorm rapidly developed to the south of Cody and tracked north over the city producing heavy rain and copious amounts of small hail. Hail drifts were measured in feet in some areas with a few low spots accumulating close to six feet of hail. The hail prevented the heavy rain from draining easily and water accumulated on area roads. Several business owners in downtown Cody reported minor flooding as the water piled up in the streets, especially along Sheridan Avenue. A bakery had water on the floors and in the basement and a gift shop flooded.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCody$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees onto power lines that caused power outages to 400 customers. A maximum wind gust of 68 mph was reported at the Powell airport.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCody-Wind gust to 66 mph on the mesonet station PC261 Cedar Mountain near Cody, WY.
May 2018HailCody-A television station forwarded a report of quarter size hail to the east of Cody.
June 2014HailCody-The public reported nickel sized hail on the west side of Cody.
May 2013HailCody-Nickel sized hail was reported by a CoCoRaHs observer on the west side of Cody.
July 2011HailCody-Hail to the size of quarters was observed in and near Cody.
July 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
September 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
September 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2002HailCody-no account filed
August 2002HailCody-no account filed
May 2001HailCody-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 2001Heavy RainCody-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodCody-no account filed
May 2000FloodCody-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 2000HailCody-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 1998HailCody-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCody-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCody-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Red Star Lodge and Sawmill1.4 miles2003
Goff Creek Lodge7.0 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001938 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Park CountyAll 38 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.