WHAT IS HISTORIC INTERPRETATION?
Historic interpretation allows visitors and travelers to learn about history through signs, audio tours, phone applications, and brochures. SCLT completed an interpretation project called the Black Diamond Byway which interprets the rich history of the mining towns that were located north of Sheridan during the early 20th century.
SCLT works to tell our local and regional history through the lens of our natural resources, landscapes, and diverse cultures. Historic interpretation offers community members and visitors of Sheridan insight about local history and Regional Plains Tribes heritage through:
- Interpretive Signage
- Printed Brochures
- Guided Tours
- Various Digital Platforms
- Community Engagement Activities
Read more about our Interpretation Projects!
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.
The Star Man of Sheridan College by Sue Simonich, Museum of Discovery Mohns Center at Sheridan College
Color photo of the Mohns Center circa 1982, courtesy of the Wyoming Room, Sheridan Fulmer Library, Sheridan Wyoming. For over seventy years, Sheridan College has been the mecca of learning for north central Wyoming. Developed as an agricultural junior college in the rich farming territory of Big Goose Valley, its development over the years was [...]
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 on the Soldier Ridge Trail – A Walking Tour
Follow in the footsteps, hoofprints, and stagecoach tracks of history while getting outdoors with History on the Soldier Ridge Trail.
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.
Coming Soon! – Iron Riders GPS Driving Tour
Follow the route taken by the Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps in 1897 when they traveled through Sheridan County on their way from Fort Missoula, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri.
Black Diamond 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.
Latest Discovery Session Information
Unplug with Discovery Sessions season schedule released
RSVP for any and all Unplug events here Science Kids and Sheridan Community Land Trust are excited to offer four free, fun learning opportunities for all kids ages two to 102 with the return of Unplug with Discovery Sessions. [...]
$10K + $10K = $40K for Red Grade Trails WyoGives Challenge now open
How does the $10K + $10K = $40K for Red Grade Trails WyoGives Challenge work? All gifts MADE BEFORE WyoGives Day on July 13, up to a total of $10,000, will be matched dollar for dollar by Sarah Wallick & [...]
Cure your cabin fever with a time-honored tradition as Family Sled Day returns to the Kendrick Mansion
Sledding is a time-honored tradition dating at least 800 years ago with the Kānaka Maoli, who, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, made use of wooden sleds to “surf” the lava slopes (called kahua hōlua) of their native Hawaiian Islands. [...]