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Tales of a Zoologist
A professor named John W. Scott significantly boosted the University of Wyoming Zoology department. Professor Scott was the head of the Zoology department; he was the executive secretary of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, the State President and National … Continue reading
The Wyoming Art of Carrie Arnold
Carrie Arnold (1944-1998) was a Denver business woman with an active interest in Western history, which she expressed in drawings. She became a pen and ink illustrator for a number of Western books. She was commissioned by her friend Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Authors and literature, commercial art, found in the archive, Local history, mining history, Uncategorized, Western history, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Artists, Carrie Arnold, Guernsey Wyoming, Hartville Wyoming, laramie, Sunrise Wyoming, Wyoming history
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No Mountain Too High: The Climbs of Betsy Cowles Partridge
Three years before Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Nargay made their famous ascent of Mount Everest in 1953[1], Elizabeth “Betsy” Cowles Partridge, an intrepid woman from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of an American Expedition exploring a route to conquer … Continue reading
Victory and Remembrance: Wyoming and the End of World War I
By the autumn of 1918 during World War I, Germany found itself bereft of manpower and supplies and was faced with imminent invasion. The country’s leaders requested an armistice from the Allies to end fighting on land, sea and air. Also … Continue reading
Adventures in the 20th Century: The Frederick and Cecil Nussbaum papers
Have you ever wondered what it was like to live from the late 1800s to the late 1900s and experience all of the technological advances and a variety of major historical moments that happened through the 20th century? Frederick Nussbaum … Continue reading
A Wyoming Frost
Verna Elizabeth Grubbs, better known to her poetic peers as Ann Winslow, was a driving force in the shaping of young poets during the early-to-mid 1900s. The Ann Winslow collection evidences her immersion in the world of the golden age … Continue reading
Posted in Authors and literature, found in the archive, Poetry, Robert Frost, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming history, writers and poets, Wyoming history
Tagged Ann Winslow, College Verse, Mathison Library, Poetry Journals, Poets, Robert Frost Poetry Library, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Verna Elizabeth Grubbs
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On the Road Again: Laramie’s Highways Through the Years
The railroad is what most of Laramie’s early history is focused on as it allowed new peoples and industries to grow the burgeoning city. Even so, a few decades after the railroad first came to Laramie, a new form of … Continue reading
Posted in found in the archive, Laramie 150th Anniversary, Lincoln Highway, Local history, Oregon trail, Transportation history, Uncategorized, Western history, Westward migration, Wyoming history
Tagged American West, Automobile Travel, Automobiles, Interstate 80, laramie, Lincoln Highway, Transportation
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Who Climbed the Grand Teton First?
One hundred and twenty years ago, on August 11, 1898, William O. Owen (federal surveyor and outdoorsman), Reverend Franklin Spencer Spalding, and Jackson Hole ranchers Frank L. Petersen and John S. “Jack” Shive made an ascent of the Grand Teton by way … Continue reading
Posted in found in the archive, Grand Tetons, Mountaineering, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Grand Teton, Grand Teton Ascents, Historical Climbs, Mountaineering, Mountaineering Controversies, Mountaineering History, Rocky Mountain Alpine Club, Teton Routes, William O. Owen
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Do Feed the Bears – The Arthur E. Demaray Collection
Arthur E. Demaray was a National Park Service Administrator who worked as the liaison between the Park Service and Congress. He worked for the park service from 1917 to 1951. Demaray’s writings offer insights into Yellowstone National Park during the … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, environmental history, found in the archive, National Parks, Natural resources, Tourism, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history, Yellowstone National Park
Tagged Animal Behavior, Arthur E. Demaray, Bear Behavior, Conservation, Human Impact, Wildlife Feeding, Yellowstone National Park
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George Teeple Eggleston and the America First Movement
Before the United States entered World War II, there was a popular movement to keep the U.S. out of the fray. The controversial America First Committee (AFC), founded in September 1940, was the foremost U.S. non-intervention pressure group against American … Continue reading →