Category Archives: Local history

Living Through a Pandemic: Eight Months of Donations to the American Heritage Center’s COVID-19 Collection Project

Posted on September 30, 2020 by ahcadmin

The AHC COVID-19 Collection Project began in April 2020 as an effort to collect stories, photographs, poems, and other creative works that show the impact coronavirus has had on our community. Not just the University of Wyoming employees, students, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Current events, Local history, Local Initiatives, Pandemics, popular culture, Public health, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming | Tagged American Heritage Center, Community Engagement, Community Resilience, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic Reflections, Shared experience, University of Wyoming, Wyoming Covid-19 response | 1 Comment

Amigos de la Comunidad of Torrington, Wyoming

Posted on September 7, 2020 by ahcadmin

In box 9 of the Lawrence Cardoso papers housed at the American Heritage Center is a booklet dating to the mid-1970s titled “Amigos de la Comunidad.” I was leafing through that particular box searching for something totally unrelated. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agricultural history, community collections, Immigration, Latin American history, Local history, Mexican-American history, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, Western history, Wyoming history | Tagged Amigos de la Comunidad, Anne Gardetto, Hispanic Heritage, Latino Community, Latinx Profiles, Lawrence Cardoso, Torrington | Leave a comment

Wyoming’s Woodmen of the World

Posted on July 27, 2020 by ahcadmin

I’ve walked through Laramie’s Greenhill Cemetery many times over the years and have been curious about the headstones carved to look like tree stumps. I finally decided to do a little research. You may already know this, but each intricately … Continue reading →

Posted in community collections, Laramie, Local history, Wyoming history | Tagged Bruce Lee Webb, Greenhill Cemetery, Ludwig & Svenson, Ludwig Photography, Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors of America, Victorial Rustic Movement, WoodmenLife | 7 Comments

Eyewitness to Racism: Andrew Bugas and the Rock Springs Massacre of 1885

Posted on June 22, 2020 by ahcadmin

Andrew Bugas (Andrej Bugos) was not quite 20 years old in 1885 when he arrived in Rock Springs to work in the Union Pacific’s coal mines. Born in Austria, he came to the United States in 1880 to join his … Continue reading →

Posted in American West, Chinese Americans, Coal industry, found in the archive, International relations, Labor disputes, Local history, mining history, Racism, Railroad History, Rock Springs Massacre, Uncategorized, Violence - history, Western history, Wyoming history | Tagged Andrew Bugas, Anti-Chinese Sentiment, Chinese Americans, Chinese Miners, Coal Mining History, Ethnic Tensions, Ethnic Violence, Immigration Laws, Labor Strikes, mining industry, Racism in America, Rock Springs Massacre, Union Pacific Railroad | Leave a comment

Votes for Women – The 1920 Ratification Campaign

Posted on December 8, 2019 by ahcadmin

Grace Raymond Hebard and Carrie Chapman Catt On June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment stated: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or … Continue reading →

Posted in Local history, Politics, Suffrage -- United States, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Western history, western politics and leadership, Women -- suffrage, women's history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Tagged 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace Raymond Hebard, National American Woman Suffrage Association, politics, Suffrage, women's suffrage, women's history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Leave a comment

E. Deane Hunton – The Man Behind Wyoming’s Iconic Steamboat Logo

Posted on December 2, 2019 by ahcadmin

E. Deane Hunton was born in Virginia in 1885. When he was three years old his family moved out around Wheatland, Wyoming. E. Deane Hunton attended the University of Wyoming where he obtained a degree in mining engineering. During his … Continue reading →

Posted in Local history, Sports and Recreation, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history | Tagged Steamboat, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Athletics, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming, Wyoming Cowboys, Wyoming history | Leave a comment

Putting the Women Back into Women’s Suffrage

Posted on November 3, 2019 by ahcadmin

In 1869, Wyoming passed its groundbreaking woman suffrage law. Wyoming’s women were voting and holding public office decades before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920. Indeed, the successful implementation of woman suffrage in Wyoming and other western states was critical … Continue reading →

Posted in grants, Laramie, Local history, Suffrage -- United States, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Women -- suffrage, women's history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Tagged 19th Amendment, Amalia Post, Emma Smith DeVoe, Grace Hebard, Grace Raymond Hebard, Laramie County, Mary Bellamy, Nineteenth Amendment, Suffrage, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, women's history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | 6 Comments

From Fandom to Fanfiction to Nonfiction: Researching the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary

Posted on October 7, 2019 by ahcadmin

In 2008, when I rediscovered Alias Smith and Jones (ASJ), a 1970s TV show I watched as a kid, I had no idea that several years later I’d be writing a book about the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary. Revisiting ASJ on … Continue reading →

Posted in grants, Laramie, Local history, motion picture history, Research grants, television history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Tagged Alias Smith and Jones, laramie, Wyoming, Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, Wyoming Territorial Prision | 2 Comments

Back to the Future in Wyoming: Addressing 1980s Energy Boom Impacts in Evanston

Posted on August 19, 2019 by ahcadmin

“I’ve got to see it to believe it” was Evanston mayor Dennis Ottley’s first reaction when he heard about the Overthrust Industrial Association (OIA). A 1983 issue of the Christian Science Monitor, reported that Ottley was incredulous that an industry-backed … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Geology, Economic History, energy resources, Local history, Natural resources, Western history, western politics and leadership, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Tagged Amoco, boom and bust, Champlin, Chevron, Denver Research Group, Economic History, Evanston, OIA, Overthrust, Overthrust Belt, Overthrust Industrial Association, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Foremost Fungi Authority: W.G. Solheim

Posted on July 29, 2019 by ahcadmin

Wilhelm G. Solheim was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1898. He earned his M.A. degree in 1926, followed by his Doctorate in 1928, from the University of Illinois. He came to UW that next year and worked as professor emeritus … Continue reading →

Posted in Agricultural history, Agriculture, environmental history, faculty/staff profiles, Interns' projects, Local history, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming, Wyoming history | Tagged Afghanistan, Agriculture, Agriculture research, Botany, International Programs, plants, Ragnhild, Rocky Mountain Herbarium, Solheim | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Local history

Living Through a Pandemic: Eight Months of Donations to the American Heritage Center’s COVID-19 Collection Project

Amigos de la Comunidad of Torrington, Wyoming

Wyoming’s Woodmen of the World

Eyewitness to Racism: Andrew Bugas and the Rock Springs Massacre of 1885

Votes for Women – The 1920 Ratification Campaign

E. Deane Hunton – The Man Behind Wyoming’s Iconic Steamboat Logo

Putting the Women Back into Women’s Suffrage

From Fandom to Fanfiction to Nonfiction: Researching the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary

Back to the Future in Wyoming: Addressing 1980s Energy Boom Impacts in Evanston

Foremost Fungi Authority: W.G. Solheim

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