Wyoming Places Wiki / Tie Down Flats

At the mouth of this gulch lived a man nicknamed "Tie Down," because of his swiftness in throwing and tying down calves. He lived in a sod house. One day trouble came between him and his friend Mr. Enas. Enas and Tie Down got into a scuffle with Enas splitting Tie Down's head open with an axe. Enas escaped and was never found. Time passed and Tie Down's body was later found. It is believed that his ghost haunts the flats. The flat is very steep and the road was steep going in and out of it. Stage Drivers would camp at the gulch because it was a shelter from any wind or storm. After Tie Down was killed, the drivers or any other person camping there at night imagined they could hear the chains on Tie Down’s mules as he drove through the flat trying to find Enas and avenge himself. They naturally referred to as Tie Down Flats.

Source: WPA

At Tie-Down Hill, on the east bank of the Big Horn River, lived "Tie-Down" Brown, so named for his agility in tying down and branding other ranchers' calves-for himself. In 1880 Brown's partner killed him with an axe, and his ghost, it was said, rode up and down the hill waiting for vengeance.

Source: Wyoming Guide

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