It doesn't take much of a dive into Sheridan County’s past before you bumped into the name Vie Willits Garber. In fact, it was impossible to explore the founding and evolution of the town of Big Horn without reading about Vie and her contributions to documenting its history.
The Leopold Report, as it’s known, is more famous within the National Park Service than in the general population. That’s because Leopold’s solution was to ask bigger questions.
The relationship between Buffalo Bill and Henry Ford was not a strong one. Each clearly perceived the promotional potential of connecting with the other.
Ghulam Nabi from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, enrolled in the University of Wyoming in the 1950s on scholarship for a bachelor’s of science degree in agronomy. This was part of the University’s Afghan project, in which UW sent professors to Afghanistan as consultants and teachers. Exchange students such as Nabi were also included in the program.
Even a substantial congressional career and, in archives, several hundred pages of documents, writings and memos were not enough to save Frank Mondell from being buried by time.
No Time for Tears: The Life & Art of Dixie Lynne Reece
Wyoming ranch woman and regional artist Dixie Lynne Reece lived a life of hard work, dedication and courage. From the 1950s-1990s, she seamlessly combined her love of ranching with her joy of painting.
October 12, the 531st anniversary of the Columbus’s landing in the Bahamas — Indigenous People’s Day as well as Columbus’s Day — is a good day to remember how moved he was by the mildness and kindness of the people he encountered. And then to remember how the Tainos were separated from their hands, and the Plains tribes were separated from their lands. We might also remember what they were given in return, which were promises.
Florence Blake had grit, and she loved Wyoming. Not even the rigors of a November 1919 drive from Gillette to her prospective claim “through slick gumbo spots” daunted her.
People all over the state keep commenting—this is the greenest year anyone can remember. Even in late August, grass on the prairie shows hints of green, when usually by now Wyoming lies flattened under that opaque tan you get many years as early as the Fourth of July.
