Join us at the Dubois Museum for the program featuring local artist and rancher John Finley as he talks about the history of his family. The Finleys were some of the original settlers of the “Little Scotland” area in the East Fork, and John is the expert historian to tell how his ancestors came to this country and became such an integral part of Dubois. Join him in the Dennison Lodge to learn more about this part of our history.
Did someone say dinosaurs? If you enjoy bones and rock, join us on Sunday, June 29th, at 2:00 at the Dubois Museum. The paleontological team led by Dr. David Lovelace of the University of Wisconsin Madison Geology Museum will present their scientific findings. These include North America’s oldest dinosaur “Ahvaytum bahndooiveche” named in the Shoshone language found near Dubois.
The Dubois Museum is excited to have Michial Garvin, Traditional Education Coordinator of the Eastern Shoshone Tribal Health Office and a member of the Eastern Shoshone join us this summer. He will talk about the natural resources of the Wind River country and their traditional uses by the Shoshone peoples, their connection to their land, and their traditional foods.
Local philatelist Stan Grove traces the early history of Fremont County and some of its leading figures through a unique and extensive assemblage of postal artifacts, compassing the South Pass gold rush days, the establishment of military forts and Indian agencies, and the exploreing of small post offices through the early 1900s. This history is contextualized by a broader sampling of Wyoming postal-history items.