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Old Steve’ Hid From Chicago Mob For 20 Years Raising Goats Near Buffalo, Wyoming

Old Steve’ Hid From Chicago Mob For 20 Years Raising Goats Near Buffalo, Wyoming
  • Published October 22, 2026

On the eastern slope of the Bighorn Mountains near Buffalo, a now long-abandoned, squat stone structure sits on a plateau, surrounded by a stone wall.

It looks like the perfect out-of-the-way spot for someone hiding from the Chicago mob, which it very well could have been.
This is the house that “Old Steve” built. 

That’s how local families like the Fraleys and Tasses knew and remember their affable neighbor, a goat herder for 20 years who kept to himself.