Crow Creek National Forest was established as the Crow Creek Forest Reserve in Wyoming by the United States General Land Office on October 10, 1900 with 56320acres. After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was combined with part of Medicine Bow National Forest to create Cheyenne National Forest. The name was discontinued, and the Cheyenne was renamed Medicine Bow in 1910.