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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 – 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Places That Hold Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part V
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part IV
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part III
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians in the Powder River Basin and Big Horn Mountains. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing John Jacob Astor’s interests in the fur [...]
The Events That Tell Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part II
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 – 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 [...]
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