Orchard BuildingLander Mill Grain TowerCity Drug StoreLander Brewing Company & Rhodes & Gilbert Taxidermy

Orchard Building - 1910 Charles Orchard bought this piece of property around 1908 from William Coalter. One of Coalter’s earliest businesses, “Coalter Hall and Opera House,” was on this site.  The Hall and Opera house served as a venue for most of Lander’s social activities, including operas and plays.  The frame building burned down shortly…

Lander Mill Grain Tower – 1927 The local mill produced flour that was a hit with the local businesses and townspeople. The “Wyoma” flour and the breakfast cereal (similar to Cream of Wheat) were in demand.  Before the grain tower was built, there was a hopper on the side of the mill.  Farmers would bring…

City Drug Store – 1894 City Drug store was founded on November 23, 1894, by H. P. Bower and Stephen Douglas Keister.  They originally opened up in a building on the corner of Third and Main Street. Then about 1900 Guy and Fred Earl bought the drugstore and in 1907 built a new two story…

Lander Brewery – 1886 (now Pronghorn Lodge 150 E. Main) Charles Hart officially opened his business, the Lander Brewery, in 1886. He was an immigrant from Germany who settled in Lander sometime in the 1870’s. At this time brewing beverages was on a primarily small-scale and was usually done in the home. Charles Hart started…