A literate woman writer and an early route
This month we feature a hardworking farm wife and a popular road.
Marrying a stranger?
“I got a letter today,” Cecilia Hennel noted in her diary in 1911, “from someone who signed himself John Hendricks, asking me if I would consider a proposal of marriage from him. . . . I should like to know who he is, and how he got my name . . . [he must be] somebody pretty ‘fresh.’” Read more in Rebecca Hein’s article, “Homesteader Cecilia Hendricks: Letters from Honeyhill.”
An enduring record
On the western edge of Wyoming’s Red Desert lie the remains of an informal campsite where, for about two decades, motorists on the transcontinental Lincoln Highway pulled off to spend the night. Inscriptions they left on rocks, and bottles and saucer shards they scattered in the sagebrush tell tales of earlier times. Read more in David Johnson’s article, “Camping on the Early Lincoln Highway.”
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A class struggle over nature
Emotions and facts emerge at 1948 hearings about a proposed dam for Lake Solitude in the Bighorn Mountains.
Native American Education Conference
Highlights of Wyoming's 2024 Native American Education Conference included a keynote presentation on buffalo restoration on the Wind River Reservation, a documentary film featuring the coach of Wyoming Indian High School championship basketball teams, a presentation on accuracy in teaching Native history, and much more.
WHS annual meeting set for Sept. 6-8 in Newcastle
Welcome to Weston County. From the Tyrannosaurus of the forested river valleys of the Cretaceous to the spiritual canyon adorned with sacred rock art known as Whoop Up; from stagecoaches laden with treasure to gushing oil wells; our significance to Wyoming’s history cannot be understated.
Upcoming Events around Wyoming
For September calendar events, visit the Wyoming Historical Society’s website. If you know of upcoming history-related events in Wyoming, send a note to editor@wyohistory.org.