In front of the museum, beside the entrance, is a two way plow, made by International Harvester sometime around 1900, according to a small plaque mounted on the plow. Two way plows have a left and a right share, which allows the farmer to plow in both directions. The idea is that the farmer may, by alternating which share is put to use, return up the field on the same furrow he just came down. It works this way because a normal plow will turn the ground in one direction only, and when the plow is turned around, the plow would turn the ground in the direction opposite to what it had just done, which is not a desirable thing. This design was a leap forward in simplifying a farmer's life. More advanced designs based on this concept are still made today.
The museum houses a collection of artefacts, photos, documents and related items which relate the story of the Town of Byron and its people. It's certainly not a large museum, but a person interested in learning and seeing all the museum has to offer could easily while away a few hours inside.
TOWN OF BYRON
A small town located between two beautiful mountain ranges, it is bordered to the south by the Shoshone River and the oil rich Sand Hills to the north. A short drive away from the Big Horn Reservoir & surrounded by miles of farm land. Byron is truly a great place to live for those who choose to enjoy Wyoming living at its best!
Byron was settled by a group of Mormon pioneers on May 22, 1900. The town was named in honor Byron Sessions, a man who was the General Manager of the Sidon Canal Construction Company. It was irrigation water from the canal they constructed that turned this area into the fertile farmland it is today.
The Town of Byron was incorporated on June 7, 1910. Today, Byron is surrounded by thousands of acres of irrigated farmlands and vast oil fields.