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Last Open Attack in the Wyoming Range Wars: Spring Creek Raid of 1909
The Spring Creek Raid of April 2, 1909 marks the last open attack in a long-running range war in Wyoming and concludes the era of private warfare in the state. In the Spring Creek Raid, a collection of Big Horn … Continue reading
Privy to Scandal: The Ralph O. Dietler Papers
One of the biggest scandals to ever rock the petroleum industry was the fraudulent leasing of United States oil reserves at Wyoming’s Teapot Dome, and the discovery of the Continental Trading Company, a Canadian corporation organized in 1921 to funnel … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Geology, energy resources, found in the archive, mining history, oral histories, Politics, Scandals, Teapot Dome scandal, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Continental Trading Company, Corporate Fraud, Henry M. Blackmer, interviews, Midwest Oil Company, oil, Petroleum Industry, Ralph O. Dietler, Standard Oil Company, Teapot Dome scandal
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All Things Wyoming: The Wyoming Pioneers Oral History Project
In 2014, the American Heritage Center completed a project funded by a generous grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund. The largest part of the project was to digitize the Wyoming Pioneers Oral History interviews which were recorded during the … Continue reading
“Wild Bill” Carlisle: Last Train Robber of the American West
Train passengers leaving Green River, Wyoming, on February 9, 1916 riding the Union Pacific Railroad’s Portland Rose found themselves confronted by a young man hiding his face with a white kerchief who demanded their money at gunpoint. But the youngster … Continue reading
Posted in Biography and profiles, Digital collections, found in the archive, Local history, oral histories, Outlaws--West (U.S.), Railroad History, Transportation history, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Bill Carlisle, Escape, outlaws, Railroad History, Train Robber, Union Pacific Railroad, western history, Wyoming history, Wyoming State Penitentiary
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Mick McMurry’s Contributions to Wyoming Extended Far and Wide
In 2010, the AHC began an oral history project to look at the effects of natural gas development on Sublette County, Wyoming. We interviewed more than forty people; many were residents of Sublette County, but there was also a number … Continue reading
Listen to History: Wyoming Pioneers’ Oral Histories Available Online
The collection contains interviews with people who were early residents of Wyoming. Interviews were conducted between 1947 and 1955 by employees of the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Topics include life in Laramie, Hanna, Douglas, and other towns; politics … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian history, newly digitized collections, newly processed collections, oral histories, resources, Wyoming history
Tagged Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Fort Washakie, Johnson County War, Laramie history, Oral History, Tom Horn, University of Wyoming, Wyoming history
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