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“The Murder of Andrew Jackson Cooper”

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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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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Lander 100 Years Ago-1925

Join the staff of the Pioneer Museum for this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program on May 22nd at 7pm.

Randy Wise will give an illustrated talk on what life was like in Lander back in the year 1925.

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