Travel Directions:
From I-80 westbound take Exit 313, “3rd Street / US
287”
Go 0.6 mile.
Turn right (N) at S 3rd Street and proceed 0.7 mile.
Turn left (W) at E Custer; go approximately 100 yards.
Remarks:
Several changes in ownership and name have done little to
obscure this Laramie bar’s place in infamy. On
October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard met his murderers here.
Immediately after the three left the Fireside, Aaron
McKinney and Russell Henderson began taunting, beating,
and torturing Shepard before taking him to the lonely
fence to which he was bound and left to die.
See:
Matthew Shepard Murder Site
Matthew Shepard Memorial Bench
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