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Category Archives: Wyoming
Tall Tales and Other Oddities – The Fabulous Jackalope of Wyoming
On 307 Day – March 7 – we invite you to consider the jackalope. Many are the visitors to Wyoming who have been taken in by the legend of the jackalope. Mounted specimens of the elusive creature can be found … Continue reading
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Tagged 307 Day, American Heritage Center Collections, Converse County, Douglas Wyoming, Folk legends, Historical Collections, Jackalope, Mythical creatures, Tall tales, Western artifacts, Western folklore, Western Memorabilia, Wyoming tourism, Wyoming traditions, Wyoming Travel
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On the Road: How Wyoming’s New Roving Archivist Program is Supporting Local History
Imagine trying to preserve a century-old photograph album in a historic building with challenging climate controls or figuring out how to digitize thousands of irreplaceable documents with limited resources. Across Wyoming, local institutions face daily challenges as they work to … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Wyoming
Tagged Archives, archivist, community, Digitization, heritage, historical, history, Local history, localhistory, museums, nhprc, outreach, preservation, records, shrab, Wyoming
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‘It’s in My Heart’: A Lakota Chief’s Descendant Bridges Past and Present in Wyoming
I had the opportunity to listen to many interviews conducted for the American Heritage Center’s Wyoming Voices Project. It’s an oral history project, which means it is a collection and study of historical events and information using recordings of interviews … Continue reading
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Tagged AISES, American Indian Studies, Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, Cultural Heritage, Donovin Sprague, Higher Education, Indigenous Culture, Lakota, Miniconjou, music, Native American History, Oral History Interviews, Sheridan College, Tribal History, Wyoming Voices oral history project
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Rural Roads and Mail-In Ballots: Wyoming’s Evolution of Absentee Voting
Wyoming is a state with a long history of absentee voting and a reputation for high voter participation, and the League of Women Voters of Wyoming has played an influential role in enabling both. Since at least the 1940s in … Continue reading
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Tagged Absentee Voting, COVID-19 Impact, Election Law, Election Security, League of Women Voters, Mail-in Ballots, Rural Voting, Voter Accessibility, Voter Participation, Voting by Mail, Voting Rights, Wyoming Election Code, Wyoming Elections, Wyoming Secretary of State
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Flashlights and Formulas: The Unexpected Tales of UW’s Engineering Building
The Engineering Building at the University of Wyoming, constructed in 1927, has been a cornerstone of technological education on campus for nearly a century. Originally housing both engineering and agricultural programs, the building reflects the university’s early focus on practical … Continue reading
Posted in University of Wyoming, Wyoming
Tagged 1930s Campus Life, Arthur G. Crane, Campus Heritage, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Engineer's Ball, Engineering Building, Gothic Revival Architecture, John McPhee, Mike Sullivan, Samuel C. Phillips, Schools of Mines, Student Protests, Tom Osborne, W. Edwards Deming
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Wyoming Governor Frank Emerson’s KKK Conundrum
In the complex landscape of 1920s American politics, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan emerged as a significant, if geographically uneven, force. Even in Wyoming, far from the Klan’s southern roots, politicians found themselves navigating tricky waters when it … Continue reading
Atoms on the Range: Exploring Wyoming’s Nuclear Frontier
In the wake of World War II, Wyoming found itself at the forefront of a new mineral rush – uranium. This development would add another chapter to the state’s boom-and-bust legacy in mineral extraction, joining the ranks of earlier oil … Continue reading