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Once A Cowboy, Always A Cowboy: The History of Homecoming at the University of Wyoming
Today, homecoming celebrations are often associated with fall and football, but it may not always have been true. The tradition of homecoming is generally a celebration of welcoming former students and members of high schools, colleges, or churches within the … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, community collections, Current events, Student Life, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged History of Homecoming, Homecoming, Homecoming Dance, Homecoming History, Homecoming Parade, The Big Event, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Athletics, University of Wyoming history, UW Athletics, Wyoming Cowboys
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Lovell’s Latin American Colony
In 1916, the sugar beet industry brought the first serious wave of Mexican-speaking migrants to Lovell: betabeleros, the beet workers, to hoe the fields and help with the harvest. Yet most were not Mexican nationals, but rather Spanish-speaking people from … Continue reading
Picnic Time!
It’s the week of Independence Day and that has us thinking about the great outdoors and picnics. To celebrate, we went straight to the Isberg Family Collection. If their photos are any indication. Bill and Ginx Isberg loved to picnic! The Isberg … Continue reading
Summer Exhibit Series: Laramie Architecture
The summer exhibit series at the American Heritage Center celebrating Laramie’s 150th anniversary brings out a new theme this week: Buildings in Laramie. The “Hell on Wheels” tent town that greeted the official arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, architectural history, community collections, Construction, Current events, events, exhibits, found in the archive, Laramie 150th Anniversary, Local history, Railroad History, Transportation history, Uncategorized, Western history, Westward migration, Wyoming history
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Community Collecting Project Presented at AHC
Yesterday Robin Hill, Instructional Computing Services Coordinator for the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, spoke to a group of University of Wyoming archivists and librarians about an online community collecting project supported by Oxford University. This program, RunCoCo, enables … Continue reading