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History and Facts
An Engineering Marvel
An Engineering Marvel
An Engineering Marvel
When completed in 1910, Buffalo Bill Dam was one of the first concrete arch dams built in the United States. At 325 feet high, it was also the highest dam in the world at the time.
Water
An Engineering Marvel
An Engineering Marvel
As part of the Shoshone Project, the dam irrigates more than 93,000 acres where principal crops are beans, alfalfa, oats, barley, and sugar beets.
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The dam, a structure so significant, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places within the first five years of the register’s creation.
Interpretive Areas
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
Walk through our interpretive areas to learn about the benefit of the dam for the Big Horn Basin area. View working models, videos, as well as native animal taxidermy.