The People Who Shaped Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part I
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Freda & Ebba Johnson, A Family Mystery
On this #TBT, we invite you to ponder a historical mystery. SCLT’s Conservation Director, Meghan Kent, recently shared this family photo. According to Meghan, “This was in my family album from Swedes who settled in Broken Bow, Nebraska. We don’t know if the girls pictured are relatives or family friends, but they look to [...]
TBT – Trabing Creek; The Trabing Bros, O. P. Hanna, and the James Gang
On this #TBT, we focus in on a little-known historic connection between the legendary Trabing Brothers freighting empire and Sheridan County. Augustus and Charles Trabing arrived in Laramie in the summer of 1868 as experienced merchants, ranchers, and freighters. Born in Germany, they had arrived in the US in 1853 when “Gus” was eleven [...]
The Places That Hold Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part I
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Sheridan Railways Streetcar #115
On this #TBT, we recall the historic streetcars of Sheridan County. The text is from a sign that once stood near the restored car #115 outside the Sheridan County Museum. In early 1910, Albert Emanuel and William Sullivan of the Electric Street Railway of Dayton, Ohio, proposed to build and operated an electric streetcar [...]
TBT – Trabing Creek; The Trabing Bros, O. P. Hanna, and the James Gang
On this #TBT, we focus in on a little-known historic connection between the legendary Trabing Brothers freighting empire and Sheridan County. Augustus and Charles Trabing arrived in Laramie in the summer of 1868 as experienced merchants, ranchers, and freighters. Born in Germany, they had arrived in the US in 1853 when “Gus” was eleven [...]
The Events That Tell Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part I
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Sheridan Railways Streetcar #115
On this #TBT, we recall the historic streetcars of Sheridan County. The text is from a sign that once stood near the restored car #115 outside the Sheridan County Museum. In early 1910, Albert Emanuel and William Sullivan of the Electric Street Railway of Dayton, Ohio, proposed to build and operated an electric streetcar [...]
TBT – Trabing Creek; The Trabing Bros, O. P. Hanna, and the James Gang
On this #TBT, we focus in on a little-known historic connection between the legendary Trabing Brothers freighting empire and Sheridan County. Augustus and Charles Trabing arrived in Laramie in the summer of 1868 as experienced merchants, ranchers, and freighters. Born in Germany, they had arrived in the US in 1853 when “Gus” was eleven [...]