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Category Archives: Wyoming
Celebrating Archives Month (Hint: It’s actually bigger than just a month)
October is American Archives Month! To celebrate, we’re highlighting ways in which archives are staying involved in current events around the world, featuring the American Heritage Center’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming. Archives like the AHC assist communities … Continue reading
Art of the Hunt: Jake Korell’s Story
Jacob “Trapper Jake” Korell (1914-2013) was a legendary Wyomingite who had a bright personality and a passion for trapping. He was skillful and thoughtful in his work and held great respect for the animals he caught. He began trapping when … Continue reading
The Powell Tribune’s La Pagina Español
National Hispanic Heritage Month, which spans the period from September 15 to October 15, was first observed as a heritage week under President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 then became a federally recognized heritage month under President Ronald Regan in 1988. … Continue reading
Wyoming’s Nuclear Response to Project Plowshare
Vice President Richard Nixon delivered these words in October 1960 to a Toledo, Ohio, fraternity group: “Our plan to develop peaceful constructive uses of nuclear explosives has been given the name of Project Plowshare, because it is literally an attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Extraction and Energy, Wyoming
Tagged Atomic Energy Commission, Cliff Hansen, Cold War history, Dixy Lee Ray, Edward Teller, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Energy development, Gale McGee, Nuclear detonations, Nuclear safety, Project Plowshare, Project Wagon Wheel, Sublette County, Teno Roncalio, Wagon Wheel Information Committee
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Wrangling the Western Metaphor: Charles Belden’s Wyoming Imagery
Reaching the Pitchfork Ranch in the 1920s wasn’t easy. In fact, it was arduous. Imagine yourself on the trek. After transferring at the Billings, Montana, branch line to the end of the rails in Cody, Wyoming, a light horse-drawn stage … Continue reading
Wyoming Statesman Alan K. Simpson
Al Simpson is pillar of Wyoming politics, a well-known name across the country, and a benefactor of the American Heritage Center. Simpson enjoyed a long political career spanning the years 1964 to 1997. He is both a politician and a … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies and Profiles, Western History, Wyoming
Tagged Alan K. Simpson, Alan K. Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership, Ann Simpson, Edward M. Kennedy, Face-Off, George H.W. Bush, Lorna Kooi Simpson, Milward Simpson, Norman Mineta, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Romano Mazzoli, Tyler Rasmussen, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator, University of Wyoming alumni, Wyoming Senators
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Steamboat: Wyoming’s Wildest Resident
It’s Cheyenne Frontier Days, so a great opportunity to talk about one of the quintessential Wyoming images: a cowboy on a bucking bronc. Wyoming’s original bucking bronc was a horse named Steamboat. His origin story is a bit murky. Some … Continue reading
No Room at the Inn: Owen Wister Encounters Wyoming, July – August 1885
In July 1885, Owen Wister visited Medicine Bow in Wyoming Territory as part of his tour of the region, only to discover there were no rooms available in town to sleep. Instead of moving on when he arrived on July … Continue reading
Celebrating 200 Years of Independence
July 4, 1976, marked the 200th anniversary of when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. It is little known that on that original day of independence, only two people signed the document – John Hancock, president … Continue reading
Hanna, Wyoming’s 1903 “Frightful Disaster”
It was a normal Tuesday morning in the Union Pacific Coal Company mining town of Hanna, Wyoming, when disaster struck on June 30, 1903. It was about 10:30 in the morning when coal gas in the Hanna No. 1 mine caught … Continue reading
Posted in Extraction and Energy, Western History, Wyoming
Tagged 1903 Disaster, Hanna Basin Museum, Hanna No. 1 Mine, Hanna Wyoming, Immigrant Workers, Mine Explosion, Mine Safety, Nancy Anderson, Samuel H. Knight, Union Pacific Coal Company, WyoHistory.org, Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection
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