Wyoming Devils Tower - FINAL EMBOSSED
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This Wyoming Devils Tower plate will go down in history as the last embossed license plate from Wyoming. Unfortunately, this beautiful plate marks the end of an era. It is the last of Wyoming's long run of embossed bucking bronco license plates, a tradition which began in 1936. On newer plates, the embossed, raised letters are gone. Flat plates, which seem so un-cowboy-ish, have rolled into Wyoming. The famous Wyoming bucking bronco and cowboy with Devils Tower in the background, is a classic piece of rectangular art. This plate was voted Best Plate of the year by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, when it was introduced in 2000. This plate features a perfect blend of drama, old-west sentiment and history. Since 1936, this image of a bucking bronco and cowboy were embossed onto Wyoming license plates. The horse and cowboy was supposedly modeled after a 1909 postcard picture, showing a Wyoming rodeo contestent riding a wild horse. A Western Mystery. The state of Wyoming has never revealed the identity of the horse and rider in the image. One story says the rider was Clayton Danks on his horse Steamboat. But a Wyoming rancher claimed the image is champion bronco rider Ed McCarty and his horse Silver City. And a third claim from a newspaper story says it's Albert "Stubby" Farlow on the horse. Stubby had short legs and a colorful character and Stubby could ride those broncos!! The true origin of this iconic image may never be known, but we still enjoy it. The background image is identified with certainty. Devils Tower is a 1267 foot tall national landmark. In 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt declared this famous bluff as the very first National Monument of the United States of America.