Located by the intersection of Nolan Avenue and Center Street, the Cassidy Inn keeps company with the U.S. Post Office and the Family Medical Center of Kaycee on the western edge of town. Motel owners Leanne and Rome Taylor offer weekly rates throughout the year. All rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, coffeemakers, air-conditioning, and cable television, including some movie channels. Pets can stay with you for $5 per night.
One block north of Cassidy Inn is Country Inn-Siesta Motel. Each room has a queen bed and a television. As well as accommodations, Siesta is on the premises of a full-service restaurant called the Country Inn Cafe, which serves breakfast, lunch and supper. Sunday brunch and daily specials are available, as well as homemade fruit and cream pies. The cafe is one of the few restaurants in town.
Historically a wild west town, Kaycee began when homesteader John Nolan set up his ranch along the Powder River and used the brand KC for his cattle. In 1892, Cattlemen burned the ranch and murdered the two men leasing it from Nolan to intimidate smaller ranchers into leaving Wyoming. But Kaycee survived as a town.
Today, Kaycee's residents continue to farm and raise livestock, also exploiting oil fields and bentonite and uranium deposits.
To the east of Kaycee and Casper, Wyoming, in the Powder River Basic, is Thunder Basin National Grassland, known for hunting, fishing, and hiking. It's situated between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills. Bighorn National Forest is north of Kaycee near Buffalo, Wyoming, in the Bighorn Mountains, sister range to the Rocky Mountains. Known for its diverse landscape, the National Forest has 1,500 miles of trails to explore on 189,000 acres.
