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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 – 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 – Pass Post Office
On this #TBT, let’s continue down old stage roads to Pass, Wyoming. This information comes from a sign originally placed by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission about one-half mile west of the intersection on Pass Creek Road and Wyoming Highway 345 near Parkman. Pass Post Office was established alongside the stage road in [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Bingham Post Office and Stage Station
On this #TBT, we continue exploring the historic stage roads of Sheridan County through a series of signs created by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission. This sign, “Bingham Post Office and Stage Station,” was placed on the north side of US Highway 14 about halfway between Ranchester and Dayton. It no longer stands. [...]
The Events That Tell Our History
TBT – Sibley Scouts
On this #TBT, we look to the Bighorn Mountains and imagine a fast-moving, three-day game of cat and mouse across steep, rocky terrain. This was the experience of a group known as the Sibley Scouts. The peace achieved by 1868’s Fort Laramie Treaty was broken as a rush of prospectors flooded into Indian [...]
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