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Tag Archives: Local history
Tales and Traditions: Folklife in Wyoming
Folklife is a complex, important and large component of culture. It encompasses the art, traditions and knowledge that passes down among a group of people and can be seen through dance, music, artwork, storytelling, ceremonies and belief sharing. While sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Wyoming
Tagged artwork, communities, community, craftwork, culture, dance, folklife, hunting, Local history, music, storytelling, traditions, Wyoming folklife
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The Wyoming Art of Carrie Arnold
Carrie Arnold (1944-1998) was a Denver business woman with an active interest in Western history, which she expressed in drawings. She became a pen and ink illustrator for a number of Western books. She was commissioned by her friend Bill … Continue reading
Lovell’s Latin American Colony
In 1916, the sugar beet industry brought the first serious wave of Mexican-speaking migrants to Lovell: betabeleros, the beet workers, to hoe the fields and help with the harvest. Yet most were not Mexican nationals, but rather Spanish-speaking people from … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Western History, Wyoming
Tagged Community Organizations, Discrimination in the 20th Century, Great Western Company, Labor Migration, Latin American Immigration, Local history, Lovell, Mexican Colony, Mexican Nationals, Mexican-American history, Racial Discrimination, Sugar Beet Workers
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Beanies, Brooms and Bother: UW Freshmen Get the Initiation Treatment
Let’s dig into the archives to highlight a couple of old-time UW freshman traditions. A once constant sight on the University of Wyoming campus was the sight of freshmen wearing beanies. According to a September 1967 article in the UW … Continue reading
On the Road Again: Laramie’s Highways Through the Years
The railroad is what most of Laramie’s early history is focused on as it allowed new peoples and industries to grow the burgeoning city. Even so, a few decades after the railroad first came to Laramie, a new form of … Continue reading
Posted in Western History, Wyoming
Tagged American West, Automobile Travel, Automobiles, Interstate 80, laramie, Lincoln Highway, Local history, Transportation
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Laramie’s Military Heritage: Forts, Rails, and Resilience
The military, much like the Union Pacific Railroad, has close ties with Laramie’s history. Established two years before Laramie was, Fort Sanders was to protect those that traveled along the Overland Trail in southern Wyoming. When Laramie was established in … Continue reading
Caroline Lockhart Elected to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
If there was ever a woman who epitomized the saying, “Well behaved women rarely make history,” that person is Caroline Lockhart. She also sought fame—if not infamy—and she recently took one more step closer to her aspiration. It was announced … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies and Profiles, Journalism, Literature, Western History, Women's History, Wyoming
Tagged Caroline Lockhart, Cody, Cody Stampede, Cody Wyoming, Local history, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Western fiction, western history, women journalists, women's history
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Laramie’s Legacy: Exploring Greenhill Cemetery’s Notable Figures
Greenhill Cemetery, situated less than a block away from the University of Wyoming’s campus, is almost as old as Laramie itself. Once a lawless town that struggled to be governed, Laramie and the surrounding landscape was dotted with various graves … Continue reading
Posted in Western History, Wyoming
Tagged Greenhill Cemetery, laramie, Local history
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Echoes of Commerce – Remembering Laramie’s Historic Businesses
Within weeks of the railroad reaching Laramie, the former “Hell on Wheels” tent town became part of an ever growing and changing landscape as buildings began dotting the landscape. Many of these buildings would come to hold businesses marked by … Continue reading
Posted in Western History, Wyoming
Tagged Business History, Historic Buildings, laramie, Local Entrepreneurs, Local history, Railroad Town
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