Join the Riverton Museum for our annual Fremont Haunts speaker series event! Alma Law is a local educator and collector of ghost stories who will be presenting on his spooky stories and urban legends from the Fremont County area! Come to the Riverton Museum before to learn some scary local stories before Halloween!
The Riverton Museum is hosting Jack Schmidt for this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speaker Series on October 8th from 6-7pm.
Learn about the historic practice of Cowboy Poetry from Jack Schmidt! Jack Schmidt will be talking about the history of cowboy poetry, how it affected people, and where the practice of cowboy poetry is headed. Jack has been reciting cowboy poetry for decades now, carrying on the tradition of many famous cowboys like Tim McCoy.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Pioneer Museum is hosting an afternoon of learning some of the history of handmade crafts, and learning to make a simple rag rug. Materials and light refreshments provided, and we encourage teens and adults to attend.
Sophie Barksdale has been a co-producer for several EMMY nominated documentaries, including Who She Is, a documentary that focuses on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in the United States with a focus on Fremont County. Sophie will be discussing filmmaking in Fremont County, and specifically focusing on the Missing and Murdered Epidemic that exists in Wyoming.