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Category Archives: Sports and Recreation
A Night to Remember: Wyoming’s First-Ever Night Football Game
On September 1, 1988, Wyoming hosted BYU for what would be the 59th meeting between the teams, but this matchup was much more than a game against an old rival. This one required something extra special. Two days before the … Continue reading
Posted in College Sports, Sports and Recreation, Sports Technology, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming
Tagged 1988 football season, BYU vs Wyoming, College football firsts, Cowboy football, Cowboy Joe Club, Dave Edeen, Dave Walsh, ESPN broadcast, Football nostalgia, George Kay, Joe Glenn, Kevin McKinney, Laramie sports, Mike Schenbeck, Mountain West Conference, Musco Lighting, Night football, Pat Rabold, Randy Welniak, Sean Covey, Stadium lighting, War Memorial Stadium, Willie Wright, Wyoming Cowboys football
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The Black 14: Protests and Reactions
Martin Luther King Jr. Day—observed yearly on the third Monday of January—honors the achievements of Dr. King, a prominent civil rights leader who played a vital role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Black history, Interns' projects, Political history, Racism, Social justice, Sports and Recreation, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming History Day
Tagged Black 14, Black Student Alliance, Brigham Young University, Lloyd Eaton, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Student Activism, University Apology, University of Wyoming history
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Towards a Definition of Backcountry Skiing
Recently while researching at the American Heritage Center, I discovered the papers of a living legend who, nearly fifty years ago, attempted to describe one of the more significant modern developments in outdoor recreation. I am referring to William Morse … Continue reading
Posted in Mountaineering, outdoor recreation, Sports and Recreation, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Backcountry skiing, Bill Briggs, Extreme skiing, Grand Teton, Hilaree Nelson, Jackson, Mortun Lund, Ski mountaineering, Snow King Resort, The Snow King Great American Ski School
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Pearl Harbor’s Role in Popularizing Surfing
We all have our hobbies, ranging from knitting to metalworking, reading the classics, or computer programming, and many, many more. However, we do not always know the origins of our hobbies. Granted, the majority probably emerged in mundane circumstances, but … Continue reading
Opening Chutes and Closets – Gay Rodeo
The chute flies open and out comes a bucking bronc, with a rugged cowboy astraddle, trying their best to stay mounted – this iconic image is associated with rodeos across the West. And since 1975, a similar scene has played … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural history, LGBTQIA+, Out West in the Rockies, Rodeo history, Sports and Recreation, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, Western history
Tagged Blake Little, Gay rodeo, Gregory Hinton, International Gay Rodeo Association, LGBT, LGBTQ history, Out West in the Rockies, Wayne Jakino
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E. Deane Hunton – The Man Behind Wyoming’s Iconic Steamboat Logo
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
Isberg collection digitized
The AHC has completed a grant project to digitize photographs, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and stereo cards from the Isberg Family papers, a collection of a Laramie family with material dating from 1884 to 1930. Continue reading
Who Gets License Plate Number 1?
The State of Wyoming began issuing motor vehicle license plates in 1913. Who got plate number 1? The man who wrote the motor vehicle licensing law, state senator Jacob M. Schwoob of Park County. Schwoob continued to apply for, and … Continue reading
Americans on Mt. Everest
In 1963, 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters set out to climb Mount Everest. The first successful assault on the summit had occurred just 10 years before under the command of Englishman Sir Edmund Hillary, but no American had … Continue reading