Historic Projects
SCLT works to tell our local and regional history through the lens of our natural resources, landscapes, and diverse cultures. SCLT historic projects offer community members and visitors of Sheridan insight about local history of Sheridan County and the heritage of Regional Plains Tribes.
Throw Back Thursdays #TBT
Throw Back Thursdays #TBT is a weekly social media post that highlights elements from current SCLT historical projects and to announce upcoming historical activities.
Monarch Lutheran Cemetery
The Monarch Lutheran Cemetery Preservation Project utilized volunteers to provide a little TLC to the historic cemetery while documenting marked and unmarked graves on the site.
Human Migration of Southeastern Sheridan County
Human Migration of Southeastern Sheridan County explores how the human migration process has changed the characteristics of the landscape through the themes of nomadic, the horse, water, and settlement.
History and Culture of the Bighorn Mountains
Three interpretive signs will notate the history and the heritage of the Plains Indian Tribes to the Bighorn Mountains. In the summer of 2021 the signs will be place along SCLT trails.
Historic Preservation Tools
Interested in how historic properties, structures, sites, and spaces can be preserved today so they aren’t forgotten tomorrow? Hanbury Preservation Consulting has provided the Historic Preservation Tools for Wyoming report which has a broad range of preservation tools that can work well in Wyoming.
Black Diamond Trail Driving and Virtual Tour
The Black Diamond Trail will take you through the physical remnants of the once vibrant mining communities of Dietz, Acme, Carneyville (later called Kleenburn), Monarch and Kooi and more evidence of the past coal mining booms of Sheridan County.
Big Goose Walking Tour
These walking tour sites are located in the Historic Downtown Sheridan area with a focus on how Big Goose Creek was an essential natural resource for the valley’s early inhabitants, into the settlement era and right up to today.
Acme Power Plant
The Acme Power Plant Reclamation Project is a community effort to address environmental and safety concerns at the former Acme Power Plant.
Sheridan Inn
The Sheridan Inn is a historical treasure to Sheridan, Wyoming and the building represents a rich local history and western legends. The Sheridan Inn is the first historical easement in the State of Wyoming.
Doc Huson
Preserving land, history east of Sheridan Conserved land and historic preservation working together in Sheridan County. In 2015, previous landowners Mark and Kim Tenneson celebrated a conservation easement and historical preservation easement to protect the land, the homestead, and the rich history that comes with it.
Explore History to tour historic Eatons’ Ranch
Join us for this very special tour of Wyoming’s original dude ranch. You’ll learn about the history of Eatons’ Ranch, tour the buildings, and experience its beautiful location along Wolf Creek. Sept. 12 • 10 [...]
From volunteer to ‘dream job,’ Kevin Knapp joins SCLT as History Program Manager
When you wish upon a star… It may not be Disney, but for Kevin Knapp, the opportunity to join Sheridan Community Land Trust as its new History Program Manager was a little like a dream [...]
Thank You To Our Partners Who Have Helped Fund Our History Program
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