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Throw Back Thursdays #TBT is a weekly social media post that tells local historical stories, highlights elements from current SCLT historical projects, and/or announces upcoming historical activities.
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The People Who Shaped Our History
TBT – South Park – Tongue River Water Trail
Recently, SCLT installed signs along the Tongue River Water Trail which highlight historic events, themes, and figures nearby. On this #TBT, we are putting in at the head of the trail at South Park, where we will learn about Dr. Delilah Turner Sprague Babcock Sonnesberger. Dr. Sonnesberger arrived in Sheridan in 1883. She moved [...]
TBT – Richard Throssel
On this #TBT, we focus on a pioneering photographer who documented the early days of the Crow Reservation. In 1868, the Crow sold around 30 million acres of their 1851 territory and agreed to live in a reservation. The reservation is in parts of Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Treasure counties in southern Montana. Previously, though, the Crow were in [...]
TBT – LIVING YOUR PASSION Dr. Ohm’s Space Program by Sue Simonich
For this #TBT, we look at a beloved local scientist’s astronomical contributions to Sheridan. In the 1960’s Dr. Kenneth Ohm joined Sheridan Community college and developed a multitude of programs to introduce the community to various fields of knowledge. He is widely recognized for his love of science and community. We at the Museum [...]
The Places That Hold Our History
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Community Service Routes
On this #TBT, we highlight Sheridan County’s historic community service stagecoach routes. The information comes from a sign created by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission and placed On Beaver Creek Road (Sheridan County 87), between Big Horn and the junction with Wyoming 331. During the 1880s, as Sheridan County was settled and railroads [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Big Horn Blacksmith Shop
On this #TBT, we highlight the historic Big Horn Blacksmith Shop. The information comes from a sign created by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission and placed near the intersection of Johnson and Creighton Streets. Big Horn grew up as one of the main communities along the stage route in Sheridan County. The first [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes
For this #TBT we will start a series following the historic stagecoach routes in Sheridan County from 1878 to 1894. The routes and history of the cross-county stage roads were determined by the railroads from the beginning. The route began as a connection between Rock Creek, Wyoming, on the Union Pacific Railroad, and the [...]
The Events That Tell Our History
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