Moneta

The Wind River Basin lies among the mountains of central Wyoming, south of the Owl Creek Range. The Wind River cuts north through the mountains into the Bighorn Basin, where it takes the name Bighorn. This wider country was visited by Crow and Shoshone communities, whose hunting grounds extended between basins and mountain ranges. Pottery found along Medicine Lodge Creek in the neighbouring Bighorn Basin preserves evidence of Crow occupation over several centuries.