Since its inception the Society has sponsored two large events open to members and guests. The events are hosted by local county chapters and highlight specific historic events and places, and which serve to recognize individuals for their efforts in preserving all aspects of Wyoming’s history.
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| June 2 - August 31, 2023 | Sommers Homestead Living History Museum | Seasonal opening with tours available by appointment. |
Pinedale, WY |
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| June 8, 2023 | Buffalo Bill Center of the West: Ranching on Rattlesnake Creek Before Electricity | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo. |
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| June 8, 2023 | Roving | 12 Noon |
Virtural |
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| June 8, 2023 | Carbon County Museum, Arly Dixon: Arlington Trailblazer | 7:00 p.m. |
Carbon County Higher Education Center, Rawlins, Wyo. |
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| June 9, 2023 | Campbell County Rockpile Museum: Bill Betenson, author of Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years | 6:00 p.m. |
Campbell County Rockpile Museum, Gillette, Wyo. |
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| June 10, 2023 | Hoofprints of the Past Museum: Hole in the Wall Tour | 8:30 a.m. |
KC Fight site, Kaycee, Wyo. |
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| June 10, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Sisters Hill paleoindian site with Spencer Pelton | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 10 - 11, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Civilian Pioneer Living History with the Merchant Family | 8:00 a.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 10, 2023 | Fort Caspar Museum: Living History Demos | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Fort Caspar Museum, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 10, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site Trek: The South Pass | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City Dance Hall, South Pass State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| June 13, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: National Pony Express Re-ride | Estimated time of arrival at the Trails Center: between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 15, 2023 | Washakie Museum and Cultural Center, Documenting Wyoming in Photography: Communities in Color | 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
Washakie Museum and Cultural Center, Worland, Wyo. |
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| June 15 - 17, 2023 | Wyoming Historical Society 69th Annual Trek | Hosted by the Star Valley Historical Society |
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| June 15 - 17, 2023 | 69th Annual Trek sponsored by the Star Valley Historical Society | Noon |
Afton, Wyoming |
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| June 15, 2023 | Fremont County Pioneer Museum: Tim McCoy, A History with Cowboy Poetry | 7:00 p.m. |
Lander, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | Wyoming State Museum: Civic Season Festival | 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | Fremont County Pioneer Museum: Historic Miner's Delight Gold Mine Town Trek | 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Fremont County Pioneer Museum, Lander, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 19th century blacksmithing demonstrations with Dave Osmundsen | 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Pioneer Trail Trek: Pioneer Reburial near Guernsey, Wyo | 8:00 a.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center parking lot, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | Wyoming State Museum, Civic Season Festival: A Slice of History with Kylie McCormick | 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyo. |
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| June 17, 2023 | UNBARRED tour of Lemley Mill and Miner's Delight | Bus departs at 12:30 in Lander |
Lander, WY |
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| June 18, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 19th century blacksmithing demonstrations with Dave Osmundsen | 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 18, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Indian Sign Language: Preserving for Future Generations with Eastern Shoshone Tribal Member Willie LeClair | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 21, 2023 | Green River Valley Museum: The Art and Life of Merritt Dana Houghton in the Northern Rockies, 1878-1919 | 6:00 p.m. |
Green River Valley Museum, Big Piney, Wyo. |
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| June 22, 2023 | Photographic and Audiovisual Materials and Identification Workshop | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm |
American Heritage Center in Laramie, Wyoming |
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| June 22, 2023 | Photographic and Audiovisual Materials and Identification Workshop | More Information | ||
| June 24, 2023 | Historic Sunrise Event and Tours | Gates open at 11:30 a.m. |
Historic Sunrise, Wyoming |
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| June 24, 2023 | Book talk by author and historian Jefferson Glass | 12:00 Noon |
Barnes and Noble, Colorado Springs, CO 1565 Briargate Blvd. |
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| June 24, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center evening Fundraiser | 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
Frontier Brewing, 150 West 2nd St. Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 24, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Fundraiser: Let'er Buck Fest | 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 24, 2023 | Fort Caspar Museum: Living History Demos | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Fort Caspar Museum, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 25, 2023 | Therese A. Jenkins Sculpture Dedication | 11:15 a.m. |
Northwest corner of 22nd and Capitol Ave., Presbyterian Church, Cheyenne |
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| June 25, 2023 | Therese A. Jenkins Sculpture Dedication | 11:15 a.m. |
Northwest corner of 22nd and Capitol Ave., Presbyterian Church, Cheyenne |
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| June 25, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Steamboats and Westward Expansion with Reid Miller | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| June 25, 2023 | History of Ayres Natural Bridge | 12:45 p.m. |
Ayres Natural Bridge, Douglas, Wyoming |
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| June 25, 2023 | The Art and Life of Merritt Dana Houghton in the Northern Rockies, 1878-1919 | 5:00 p.m. |
Laramie Peak Museum, Wheatland |
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| June 27, 2023 | Dubois Museum: Geology Road Trip to the Union Pass Area | 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
Dubois Museum, Dubois, Wyo. |
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| July 1 - 2, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Pioneer Music with Recording Artist Hank Cramer | 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., both days |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 6 - 9, 2023 | 88th Annual Green River Rendezvous | 8:00 a.m. |
Pinedale, WY |
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| July 6, 2023 | Annual Western Art and Wine Auction | 7:00 p.m. |
Pinedale, WY |
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| July 8 - 9, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Civilian Pioneer Living History featuring the Platte Bridge Company | July 8, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; July 9, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 8 - 9, 2023 | Hell Gap Paleoindian Site - Two Day Open House | Beginning at 9:00 a.m. and throughout both days |
Goshen County, WY on Whalen Canyon Road (watch for signs) |
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| July 8 - 9, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site: Gold Rush Days | 10:00 a.m. |
South Pass City State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| July 9, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: The Monroe Doctrine and other events of 1823 with Reid Miller | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 15, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site Trek: Early Mining at South Pass City | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City Dance Hall, South Pass State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| July 15, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Major Twiss and His Descendants Featuring Dustin and Louis Twiss with Tom Rea | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 15, 2023 | Albany County CattleWomen Ranch Tour | 8:00 a.m. |
Wyoming Territorial Prison |
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| July 16, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: The Battle of Red Buttes with Donovin Sprague | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 19 - 29, 2023 | 41st Annual Meeting of Oregon-California Trails Association | 8:00 a.m. |
Gering, Nebraska |
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| July 19 - 25, 2023 | Fort Fetterman Days | 8:00 an to 5:00 pm |
Douglas, Wyoming |
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| July 22, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site Trek: In the Steps of William Henry Jackson | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City Dance Hall, South Pass State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| July 23, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Traveling Medicine Show Featuring Dr. Dumas, with Bruce Berst | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 27 - 29, 2023 | Annual Heart Mountain Pilgrimage | 8:00 a.m. |
Powell/Cody, Wyoming |
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| July 29 - 30, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Civilian Pioneer Living History with the Merchant Family | July 29, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; July 30, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| July 29, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site Trek: Early Mining at South Pass City | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City Dance Hall, South Pass State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| August 5 - 6, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 1860s Military Living History event featuring the Platte Bridge Company | August 5, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; August 6, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 6, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: “This Child Won’t Wait!”: Born on the Oregon Trail with Reid Miller | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 12, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: The Pony Express | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 13, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Marking the Wagon Box Fight with local historian Kylie McCormick | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 19, 2023 | President and Mrs. Lincoln Visit the Historic Bishop Home | Email slbjcs1992@comcast.net |
818 E. 2nd Street, Casper |
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| August 19, 2023 | Lakeview Cemetery Walk | 9:15 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. |
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne WY |
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| August 19 - 20, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 19th century blacksmithing demonstrations with Dave Osmundsen | August 19, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; August 20, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 19, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Pioneer Music and Storytelling with Buffalo Bill Boycott | 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 19, 2023 - August 19, 2923 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Trek: Rocky Ridge Monuments in Central Wyo. | 8:00 a.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center parking lot, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 20, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site: Great South Pass City History Hunt | 10:00 a.m. |
South Pass City State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| August 26 - 27, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Native American History and Demonstrations with Cleve Bell | August 26, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; August 27, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| August 27, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site: English Tunnel tour | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| September 2, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Traditions of the Shoshone People with Willie LeClair | 2:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| September 3, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Ladies of the Frontier with Jean Smart and Friends | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| September 3, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site: Carissa Mine tour | 2:00 p.m. |
South Pass City State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| September 8 - 10, 2023 | Wyoming Historical Society 70th Annual Meeting | Hosted by the Park County Historical Society |
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| September 9, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Trek: The Oregon Trail Road near Casper, Wyo. | 8:00 a.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center parking lot, Casper, Wyo. |
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| September 9 - 10, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: The Fur Trade Era and Rendezvous Living History | September 9, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; September 10, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| September 9, 2023 | South Pass City State Historic Site Trek: Chief Washakie Camp | 11:00 a.m. |
South Pass City Dance Hall, South Pass State Historic Site, Wyo. |
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| September 17, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Civilian Pioneer Trail Experiences with Daniel Mattern | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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| September 23, 2023 | National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Marking Fort Bonneville with local historian Kylie McCormick | 1:00 p.m. |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyo. |
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