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Category Archives: Wyoming
Legacy 101: How Wyoming Remembers Nellie Tayloe Ross
On December 20, 1977, The Wyoming Eagle marked Nellie Tayloe Ross’ death with a simple but powerful headline: “Nellie Tayloe Ross Dies at 101.” Beneath it, the paper summarized her lifetime of public service and listed her achievements as first … Continue reading
AHC and Grand Encampment Museum Unite to Share Lora Webb Nichols’s Remarkable Wyoming Archive
Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962) was a prolific diarist and photographer who lived most of her life in southcentral Wyoming. She accumulated more than 24,000 negatives, representing the many shades of life in the frontier mining town of Encampment. Today, the … Continue reading
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Tagged copper mining, Diaries, early Wyoming, Encampment, Frontier photography, Grand Encampment Museum, homesteaders, Lora Webb Nichols, Lora Webb Nichols Papers, Medicine Bow National Forest, Mining History, Nancy F. Anderson, Sierra Madre Mountains, Women photographers
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Carroll Baker – More Than a Sex Symbol of the Silver Screen
With her large blue eyes and lithe figure, Carroll Baker was a Hollywood sensation. Papers of the day described her as “a little like Marilyn Monroe, a little like Jean Harlow, and altogether a platinum blonde.” She earned millions from … Continue reading
AHC Archivists coauthor book about the history of the Western Research Institute and Bureau of Mines
American Heritage Center archivists, Erin Shadrick and John Waggener, recently coauthored a book about the history of the Western Research Institute and its predecessor Bureau of Mines. The 73-page book, One Hundred Years on the High Plains of Technology, tells … Continue reading
Big News: We’re Launching an Education and Outreach Department!
We have some really exciting news to share—the American Heritage Center is creating a new Education and Outreach Department. If you’ve been following along with us, you know we’ve always been about more than just preserving collections. We want people … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Wyoming
Tagged Archives, Brie Blasi, Community Engagement, Current Exhibits, Education and Outreach Department, Educational Programs, Life Between the Rails, New Department, Oral History, Public History, Public Programs, Railroad History, School Programs, The West is Waiting, Union Pacific Railroad, Wyoming Archives
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Snap Together: Larsh Bristol and the American Heritage Center
Conor Mullen applied for the Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship six times before he received it in 2020. When he finally got it, he used it to document something none of us saw coming: the impact of COVID-19 on the Greater … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic collaboration, Aubrey Edwards, Chloé Flagg, COJO (Communication & Journalism), Conor Mullen, COVID-19, Dr. Nancy Small, Gallery exhibitions, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Area, John Waggener, Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship, Pandemic documentation, Photography, Public Humanities, Shelby Hutson, Student photographers, Visual storytelling, Western narratives, Yellowstone National Park
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Following the Manito Trail: New Mexicans of the Cowboy State
In honor of the beginning of this year’s National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th – October 15th), today we look at the history of the Manito Trail and the interdisciplinary Following the Manito Trail exhibit that tells its story. As … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Wyoming
Tagged Arborglyphs, Cheyenne, Community memory, Exhibits, Following the Manito Trail, Hispanic Heritage, Interstate 25, laramie, Latino/Latina studies, Local history, Manitas, Manitos, Mexican-American history, Migration patterns, National Hispanic Heritage Month, New Mexican culture, Oral History, Riverton, Sheepherding, Sierra Madre Mountains
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Fossils, Fame, and the Frontier: The Story of William Harlow Reed
In the annals of American paleontology, William Harlow Reed occupies a unique place—a self-taught fossil hunter whose keen eye and determination helped shape our understanding of the prehistoric West. Through his groundbreaking work at Como Bluff, Reed was instrumental in … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies and Profiles, Wyoming
Tagged 19th century science, American West, Andrew Carnegie, Apatosaurus, Bone Wars, Carnegie Museum, Como Bluff, Dinosaur discoveries, Diplodocus carnegii, Edward Drinker Cope, Fossil hunting, Fossil preparation, Late Jurassic, Medicine Bow, Mesozoic era, Natural history museums, Othniel Charles Marsh, Sauropods, Scientific education, Stegosaurus, Union Pacific Railroad, William Harlow Reed, Wyoming paleontology
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