In 1940 the Lander High School (then known as the Fremont County Vocational High School) Social Studies classes put together a lengthy report on life in Lander in the late 1930s and 1940.  150 students participated, interviewing old timers, business leaders and...

The regular meeting of the Fremont County Museum Board is postponed due to lack of quorum until March 15th with the work session at noon and the meeting at 1:00 at the Riverton Museum. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Over the years dozens of small businesses made Lander’s Main Street their home. The Lander Pioneer Museum recently received a donation of photographs, ledgers, a safe, meat cutting tools and more from Bille’s Market. Located in the 200 block of South Main, Bille’s...

Cowboy Poetry by Rodger Weitzel at the Lander Pioneer Museum Saturday March 3, at 6:30 p.m. The Pioneer Museum in Lander kicks off its 2018 Speakers Series March 3 with a program by respected local cowboy poet and author Rodger Weitzel. Weitzel is known for his...

Noted Lander author and poet Rodger Weitzel is known for his humorous and poignant poems about life in the Lander Valley from an old time cowboy perspective. Some of his well-known poems are “The Fremont” about the old Fremont Hotel in Lander and “Memories in Mother’s...

On Saturday February 10th the Riverton Museum hosted its First Annual Murder Mystery and Mayhem at the Museum event. The event’s 40 tickets were sold out almost a week prior to the event itself! The tickets included the price for a light dinner and bar that was...

The first Boy Scout Troop in Riverton was founded in 1917/1918. There is some dispute about which year it was founded, the Riverton Chronicle reports that the troop was started in 1918 but later editions of the Riverton Ranger reported that the first troop was started...

Kirsten grew up in the suburbs of Rockford, Illinois, but spent many of her summer and winter breaks in Radisson, Wisconsin, her father's rural hometown of less than 250 people. There Kirsten hiked through forests, hunted crayfish in the creek, and skated on the...

The Riverton Museum is hosting an evening of Murder & Mayhem at the Riverton Museum on February 10th at 6pm. This fun evening will feature a great mystery, "Murder at the Deadwood Saloon", food, costumes, fun, prizes and more!  Participants will work together to...

Collections Manager: Pioneer Museum in Lander, WY  Open until filled The Pioneer Museum in Lander, WY seeks an energetic professional to manage the collections. This individual will work collaboratively with other museum staff and other museum professionals within the...