Wyoming Highway 296 Wyoming Highway 296 Wyoming Highway 296 also known as the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is in the U.S. state of Wyoming and follows the route taken by Chief Joseph as he led the Nez Perce Indians out of Yellowstone National Park and into Montana in 1877 during their attempt to flee the U.S. Cavalry and escape into Canada. Wyoming Highway 296 is a long scenic highway in northern Park County. Highway 296 begins its western end at U.S. Route 212 (Beartooth Highway) fourteen miles southeast of Cooke City, Montana. WYO 296 travels southeasterly as it winds through the Shoshone National
Union–Miles Park glare from the blast furnaces and Bessemer converters would light up the sky above. The large number of railroad tracks in the area divided neighborhoods, and trains were both loud and heavy polluters. The population boom led the Village of Newburgh to erect a $3,600 ($ in dollars) town hall on its village green in 1860, and to enlarge it in 1872. The public square was named Miles Park in honor of its donor, Theodore Miles, in 1877. As the large influx of immigrants supplanted the New England Yankee culture of the area, which had predominated since its first settlement