Tag Archives: Sierra Madre Mountains

AHC and Grand Encampment Museum Unite to Share Lora Webb Nichols’s Remarkable Wyoming Archive

Posted on December 15, 2025 by ahcadmin

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 →

Posted in Collections Highlights, Photography, Uncategorized, Wyoming history | 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 | Leave a comment

Following the Manito Trail: New Mexicans of the Cowboy State

Posted on September 15, 2025 by lwaggen2

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 Community Stories, Culture and heritage, exhibits, Uncategorized, Wyoming history | Tagged American Heritage Center, 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, University of Wyoming, Wyoming history | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Sierra Madre Mountains

AHC and Grand Encampment Museum Unite to Share Lora Webb Nichols’s Remarkable Wyoming Archive

Following the Manito Trail: New Mexicans of the Cowboy State

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