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Category Archives: Western history
65 Years Ago: Ellis Armstrong and America’s Interstate Highway System
Described as the largest public works project in the history of the world, the monumental Federal-Aid Highway Act that finally made possible the building of a planned super highway system was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transportation history, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Better Highways Information Foundation, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ellis Armstrong, Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Highway Act, Highway Development, I-25, I-80, I-90, Interstate Highway System, Transportation Evolution, Wyoming Highway Commission, Wyoming Interstate System
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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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The Mail Must Go Through!
A rider and his horse thunder into view over the desert horizon, barreling towards the way-station where water and a fresh horse await. As the rider leaps off his horse and onto another, his mail bag swinging from his hand, … Continue reading
Cheyenne Women of the Ku Klux Klan
In 1924 Denver residents Laurena H. Senter, Metta L. Gremmels, and Dr. Esther B. Hunt incorporated a chapter of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado. Senter was a pillar of the Denver KKK community as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Western history, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Ku Klux Klan, Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Amigos de la Comunidad of Torrington, Wyoming
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
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Men of Mystery: Tom Horn, William A. Pinkerton, and Frank Canton
Tom Horn’s enduring reputation rests on the moment in 1903 when he was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of fourteen-year-old Willie Nickell. It was, in some ways, an ironic end, for Horn was not an “outlaw” like Jesse James … Continue reading
The Searchlight Club: Elevating Cheyenne’s African American Women
August 26 marks the date in 1920 when American women were enfranchised equally with their male counterparts. Nonetheless, African American women continued facing barriers to voting for decades, as well as negative stereotypes, harassment, and unequal access to jobs, housing, … Continue reading
Eyewitness to Racism: Andrew Bugas and the Rock Springs Massacre of 1885
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
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We Asked, You Answered: Documenting Life During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Why is the Diary of Anne Frank one of the most important works of literature of all time? How did this book influence how we remember World War II, the Nazi Regime, and the Holocaust? Although the Holocaust can be … Continue reading
Posted in American Heritage Center, announcements, Collection donor, Coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Current events, Digital collections, Flu, medical history, Pandemics, Public health, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Western history, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, laramie, Shared experience, University of Wyoming, Wyoming Covid-19 response
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