Tag Archives: Local history

Mileva Maravic remembers Gebo, Wyoming

Posted on November 26, 2017 by ahcadmin

110 years ago, the coal-mining town of Gebo was established about twelve miles north of Thermopolis in Hot Springs County. The town took its name from Samuel W. Gebo, an entrepreneurial developer of the coal mines in Washakie and Hot … Continue reading →

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Memorializing the United Air Lines DC-4 Crash on Medicine Bow Peak, October 6, 1955

Posted on October 6, 2017 by ahcadmin

Decades have passed since that fateful day when a United Air Lines DC-4 struck Medicine Bow Peak on the morning of October 6, 1955. Flight 409, which originated in New York City with a final destination of San Francisco, was … Continue reading →

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The Rock Springs Massacre, September 2, 1885

Posted on September 8, 2017 by mmarcusse

During the summer of 1885, tensions had been building between Chinese coal miners and European coal miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory. Both groups were employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company and were having a dispute over wages. According … Continue reading →

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Farewell to the Old Laramie High School

Posted on August 11, 2017 by mmarcusse

With an increasing student population in Laramie in the 1950s, the Albany County School District began efforts to construct a new high school to serve the growing needs of the community. In 1957, the architectural firm of Hitchcock & Hitchcock … Continue reading →

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Isberg collection digitized

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

The AHC has completed a grant project to digitize photographs, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and stereo cards from the Isberg Family papers, a collection of a Laramie family with material dating from 1884 to 1930. Continue reading →

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Summer is the Season for State Parks

Posted on July 29, 2013 by ahcadmin

State parks are often the forgotten cousins of much larger and well-known national parks, but they contain just as many scenes of striking beauty and opportunities for recreation.  One advantage is that they are often less crowded than national parks … Continue reading →

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