Local philatelist Stan Grove traces the early history of Fremont County and some of its leading figures through a unique and extensive assemblage of postal artifacts, compassing the South Pass gold rush days, the establishment of military forts and Indian agencies, and the exploreing of small post offices through the early 1900s. This history is contextualized by a broader sampling of Wyoming postal-history items.
This Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speaker Series Program will host David Gutierrez and his “Life in the Coal Camps” talk on June 12 at 6:30pm at the Pioneer Museum in Lander.
David will speak on his experiences growing up in the coal mine camps of Reliance, Wyoming, right outside of Rock Springs.
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.
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.