Libby Flats, a new novel by Alan O’Hashi, who lived in Lander for many years. It is a coming –of-age story about how old and new friends confront their differences and discover the power of forgiveness. The story happens during the twilight time of life when long-lost pals are closer than family and culminates at Libby Flats in the Medicine Bow National Forest.
Boulder Community Media (BCM) presents “The Arapaho Covered Wagon Redux” (Arapaho Redux), a documentary by Alan O’Hashi, which retells “The Covered Wagon” an epic 1923 silent film with a new soundtrack recorded by the Northern Arapaho Eagle Society led by Michael Ridgebear and the Boulder Symphony & Music Academy.
Lester Hunt was the only Wyoming Governor from Lander. A well loved figure who was responsible, among many other things, for the Wyoming bucking bronc license plate, he ran afoul of rabid anti-communist Joe McCarthy in the 50’s and tragically died. Senator Cale Case and author Roger McDaniel will talk about the life and legacy of Hunt.
Karl Falken will combine the stories of two of his ancestors who served in the Civil War, one in the infantry and the other in the cavalry, with an introduction to how in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic organized for the benefit and betterment of veterans and their families.