Sheridan

Sheridan city (1990 pop. 13,900), seat of Sheridan co., N Wyo., on Goose Creek E of the Bighorn Mts., in a mineral, livestock, and irrigated farm region; inc. 1884. It is a regional trade and market hub. Dairy products, feeds, rope, lumber, saddles, and irrigation supplies are among its manufactures. Sheridan is also a tourist center and the headquarters for Bighorn National Forest. A rodeo and a Native American celebration are held annually, and a historical museum is in the city. The Sheridan Inn (1893) is a national historic landmark. Nearby are a reproduction of Fort Phil Kearny (a post in the 1860s); and the Brinton Memorial Ranch, which commemorates Western art and culture.

Sheridan M-551 a U.S. light tank, first used in 1966, designed to be air-transportable for U.S. Air Force airborne divisions and armed with a 152 mm gun/launcher, able to fire both Shillelagh missiles or conventional ammunition, a 50-caliber machine gun, and a 7.62 mm machine gun. It had a top speed of 65 mph.

Sheridan, Frances (1724–66), wife of Thomas and the mother of R. B. Sheridan (below). She was greatly encouraged in her writing by Richardson, who arranged for the publication of The Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph (‘after the manner of Pamela’) (1761, expanded 1767). Her other works include The Discovery (1763), a comedy, and The History of Nourjahad (1767), a much admired and highly moral Oriental novel.