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“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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“Sons of the American Revolution”

The Riverton Museum is hosting Karl Falken for this Bailey Tire & Auto Service Children Exploration event on Saturday, May 17 from 11am-12pm. Celebrate 250 years of freedom and responsibility at the Riverton Museum for this living history presentation on the American Revolution.

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