Ross works as the superintendent of the Gas Plant in Lost Cabin and will be giving a talk about the past and current operations in the Lysite area. Ross will be presenting on a general history of gas and the wells put in since the 1950s for our Speaker Series event, and will be answering questions about the area.
The Draper Museum Raptor Experience will bring a Red-tailed Hawk for an educational program outside at the Riverton Museum. There will also be an obstacle course set up to demonstrate the dangerous journey that birds face during migration. Guests should arrive before the event begins at 11am and anticipate leaving around noon.
The Riverton Museum is hosting Allan Maybee and Roger Melton for this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speaker Series on June 12th from 6-7:30pm.Historians Allan Maybee and Roger Melton will be presenting on their record breaking 2001 expedition where they traveled 5,100 miles from New Orleans to the Pacific Ocean on their Genesis I jet ski, following the route taken by Lewis and Clark’s expedition at the start of the nineteenth century.
Participants should meet at the Riverton Museum at 9am and we will drive as a group to Castle Gardens. There will not be a bus provided. Everyone is responsible for bringing their own sack lunch and water. $10.00 per person. View the petroglyphs at Castle Gardens and learn about the Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to preserve them. Reservations are required. This trek requires a good amount of walking so please dress accordingly.