historical
Historic Plants Day
Pioneer Museum Lander Wyoming 1443 Main Street, Lander, WY, United StatesDiscover important crops that led Lander’s early agricultural history. Take home your own vegetable in your own decorated planter. Bailey Tire/Pit Stop Children’s Education Series. Limit: 8 kids. Registrations required: 307-332-3339
Buckskins and Ballgowns: A History of Fashion and Dress ‘Out West’, 1920-1940
Dr Alison L Goodrum invites you to ‘get away from it all’ by joining her as she travels back through time to the Golden Age of the dude ranch vacation: The Interwar Era. For this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program on May 27 at 7pm via Zoom. Dr. Goodrum’s richly illustrated presentation will unpack …
Seasonal Tour Start – South Pass Carissa Gold Mine
See the pits & shafts where miners labored, then follow the transformation of the ugly grey rock to a gold bar! Limited to 8. Thursday – Sunday: 10:30 am and 2 pm. Reservations only. $4 WY Residents, $8 visitors, under 18 Free. No kids under 8.
South Pass City English Tunnel Tours
One-mile hike and candle tour of a real gold mine. Reservations required: 307-332-3684 $4 WY Residents, $8 visitors, under 18 Free. No kids under 8.
South Pass City Nature Walk
South Pass City State Historic Site 125 Main Street, South Pass CityModerate guided walk in spectacular mountain scenery. Residents $4, visitors $8, and under 17 free.
Wyoming, A History of the American West
Pioneer Museum Lander Wyoming 1443 Main Street, Lander, WY, United StatesSam Lightner will present this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program on June 24 at 7 p.m. Lightner is the author of a new book on Wyoming history. He will be talking about the book and signing copies. Wyoming defines the West. It was the home of the Mountain Men, the Immigrant Trail, Red Cloud's War, …
Atlantic City Cemetery Trek
The Pioneer Museum hosts this Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek June 26 at 10am. Guests will meet at the Pioneer Museum and take a bus to Atlantic City for a walk through of the cemetery to learn the history of some of Atlantic City’s notable residents hosted by Barbara Townsend. This program is $8.00 …
Esther Hobart Morris, The Unblemished Story of the Nation’s First Female Judge
Pioneer Museum Lander Wyoming 1443 Main Street, Lander, WY, United StatesCummings will present this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program on July 8 at 7pm at the Pioneer Museum in Lander. This program is free and open to the public. Cummings, who has a new book out about Esther Hobart Morris will do a talk and book signing about the trailblazing woman from South Pass …
Gold Rush Days
South Pass City State Historic Site 125 Main Street, South Pass CitySouth Pass City Gold Rush Days. Pan for gold, see historic exhibits and gold mining demonstrations, Pony Express reenactments, a vintage baseball tournament, live saloon music and the anvil blasting at the Price Street Bridge every hour on the hour. Tours of the Carissa Mine & Mill 1-3pm. Grand Opening of the 5-mile Interpretive Trails. …
Upper Sinks Canyon Adventure Trek
Pioneer Museum Lander Wyoming 1443 Main Street, Lander, WY, United StatesExplore the history and visit the sites of the early U.S. Forest Service, the CCC, the Sinks Canyon Ski Area and other location in the upper half of Sinks Canyon on this Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek hosted by the staff of the Pioneer Museum in Lander on July 10 at 10am. Participants will meet …