Tag Archives: history

“The Murder of Andrew Jackson”

Historian and former Fremont County coroner Mark Stratmoen will be telling the story of Andrew Jackson Cooper, a man who stood up against the "Cattle Barons' of the Wyoming Stock Growers Assocation, and was subsequently murdered along the Sweetwater in 1889. Not many are more qualified to talk about a murder 135 years ago in territorial Wyoming than a coroner and historian. Character assassination, slander, journalism bias, political pressure, this seems like a story from modern times. Instead, this is the history of Andrew Jackson Cooper in the Old Wild West.

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Horned Owl Draper Raptor Experience

Visit the Riverton Museum for this Children's Exploration Event for fun, educational activities, and to see Teasdale the Horned Owl up close. There are fun games to play like finding the owl with its camouflage in photographs, trying to identify which feathers match the owl's, and dissect pellets while learning about their diets.

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Wild Plants of Mason Draw

Join us at the museum where we will depart for Mason Draw near Dubois. Botanists Lynn Stewart and Dr. Randall Terry will be our guides to identify the Spring blossoms and rare plants native to this region.

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Being a Pioneer Kid

Bailey Tire/Pit Stop Children’s Exploration Series at the Pioneer Museum is hosting a day of education and fun for children to see what it was like to be a kid in a pioneer family.

We will have a small talk on what life was like, and then make some toys that a pioneer kid would have enjoyed and play some pioneer games.

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