Named after Samuel W. Hyatt who was a cattle rancher in the area. This pioneer village of the Big Horn Basin lies between Medicine Lodge and Paintrock Creeks just above the junction of these streams, and its site is almost at the foot of the southwestern slope of the Big Horn Mountains. Hyattville has always been a typical western cow town and without doubt will always remain so. There is no likelihood of any railroad ever building into the town as it is located back into the foothills and would not warrant rail facilities. (WPA) The post office was established with Sam W. Hyatt as first postmaster. (Annals of Wyoming 14:3) Hyattville is located at the junction of Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge Creeks ... It was started as a community in the early 1880's and was first called Paint Rock. Samuel w. Hyatt, who served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army from Texas, came to Buffalo in 1884, where he had a store. Two years later, in 1886, he moved his business over the mountain to Paint Rock. When a post office was established, he became the first postmaster. (Wasden)
Other Names:
Paintrock, Paint Rock
County:
Big Horn
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
More Reading:
Paintrock tales and Bonanza trails : oral and written accounts from the Hyattville/Bonanza area. Hyattville History Committee. Cody, WY : WordsWorth, 2008.; Harry and me : old Hyattville days. Seaman, Jack. [Worland, WY : The Author], 2007, c1979.
