Tours & Recordings

Guided Tours

Guided tours provide an opportunity to explore the local historic and cultural elements of Sheridan County’s landscape, natural resources and diverse cultures. These tours can be led by SCLT staff or taken at your own convenience as driving or walking tours. These self-guided tours utilize the TravelStory GPS App which can be downloaded on your cell phone, tablet or any connected device.

Chris Vrba2024-06-17T16:05:30-06:00

History on the Soldier Ridge Trail – A Walking Tour

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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.

Brad Bauer2024-06-17T16:14:08-06:00

Black Diamond Driving and Virtual Tour

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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.

Brad Bauer2023-09-14T11:31:21-06:00

Big Goose Walking Tour

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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.

Self-Guided Virtual Tours

Self-guided virtual tours combine video, audio narration and still photos and are available on-demand, which allows you to enjoy these tours anywhere you have an internet connection. They can also be presented to community groups. Regardless of where you live, these virtual tours are perfect for anyone who has Sheridan County living in their hearts.

Kevin2024-09-03T10:34:11-06:00

Iron Riders Trail Driving/Cycling Tour

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Iron Riders Trail Driving/Cycling 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.

Kevin2023-10-11T08:54:14-06:00

Human Migration of Southeastern Sheridan County

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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.

Chris Vrba2024-06-17T16:05:30-06:00

History on the Soldier Ridge Trail – A Walking Tour

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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.

Brad Bauer2024-06-17T16:14:08-06:00

Black Diamond Driving and Virtual Tour

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Black Diamond Driving and Virtual Tour

Schedule A Tour

Did you know you can schedule a guided historical tour for your group, organization, family or class reunion?

See the contact box below schedule a guided tour with our History Program Manager.

Video & Audio Presentations

Here you can explore history from the comfort of anywhere you have an internet connection. Catch-up with an Discovery Session or Explore History presentation you missed or see a favorite story again. Even better: pop some popcorn and watch with a friend!

Chris Vrba2024-09-17T14:53:03-06:00

The Flyboys of Bomber Mountain

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The Flyboys of Bomber Mountain

This Explore History program from May 2024 explores the lives of men who lost their lives when a B-17 Bomber crashed in the Bighorn Mountains.

Kevin2024-09-03T15:32:51-06:00

Mandel Cabin

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Mandel Cabin

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.

Chris Vrba2024-01-02T08:58:37-07:00

Battle of the Rosebud

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Battle of the Rosebud

This Explore History program from November 2023 explores the Rosebud Battle/The Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother, an interesting prelude to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Chris Vrba2024-01-16T15:57:36-07:00

The Iron Riders: The Great Bicycle Experiment of 1896-97

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The Iron Riders: The Great Bicycle Experiment of 1896-97

This Explore History program from August 2023 explores the Iron Riders, Buffalo Soldiers who rode through Sheridan County as part of the U.S. military's "Great Bicycle Experiment."

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:26:11-06:00

Plains Indian Music as Ceremony and Medicine

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Plains Indian Music as Ceremony and Medicine

This Explore History program from May 2023 explores Plains Indian music as ceremony and medicine

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:31:13-06:00

Bighorn National Forest Historical Collection

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Bighorn National Forest Historical Collection

This Explore History program from April 2023 explores the history of the Bighorn National Forest

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:31:57-06:00

Hans Kleiber – Artist of the Bighorns

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Hans Kleiber – Artist of the Bighorns

This Explore History program from January 2023 explores the history of famed artist Hans Kleiber.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:32:58-06:00

History Along the Tongue River Water Trail

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History Along the Tongue River Water Trail

This Explore History program from January 2023 explores the History Along SCLT's Tongue River Water Trail.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:33:28-06:00

Secrets of the Mikado – Sheridan County’s Japanese Community 1900-1930

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Secrets of the Mikado – Sheridan County’s Japanese Community 1900-1930

This Explore History program from December 2022 explores the history of Sheridan County's Japanese Community from 1900 to 1930.

Brad Bauer2023-11-20T16:25:25-07:00

Historic Preservation Tools

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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.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:35:21-06:00

Sheridan WYO Rodeo & All American Indian Days

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Sheridan WYO Rodeo & All American Indian Days

This Explore History program from July 2022 explores the history of the Sheridan WYO Rodeo & All American Indian Days.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:35:52-06:00

Kendrick Mansion Landscaping, Kendrick Arboretum & Crow Origin Story

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Kendrick Mansion Landscaping, Kendrick Arboretum & Crow Origin Story

This Explore History program from June 2022 features a walking tour of the landscaping at Kendrick Mansion and the Kendrick Arboretum as well as the Crow Origin Story told by Bill Yellowtail.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:36:33-06:00

Messages from Medicine Wheel Country

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Messages from Medicine Wheel Country

This Discovery Session program from April 2022 synthesizes the archaeological data, genetic evidence, and contemporary cultural sensibilities to describe how Native people thrived for hundreds of generations in the rich, but climatically extreme landscape of the Bighorn Mountain region.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:37:19-06:00

Era of the Tie Flume

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Era of the Tie Flume

This Explore History program from March 2022 will highlight the construction of the flume, the tie camps and their impact on the economy of the Dayton and Ranchester area.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:37:51-06:00

History of Water in Semiarid Southeastern Sheridan County

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History of Water in Semiarid Southeastern Sheridan County

In this Explore History program from February 2022, SCLT Historical Program Manager, Carrie Edinger, will present how these water resources were utilized in southeastern Sheridan County throughout the Western Expansion of the area.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:38:27-06:00

Jessamine Spear Johnson

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Jessamine Spear Johnson

This Explore History program from January 2022 details the true tales of the woman who ran her family's famous Spear-O Wigwam dude ranch, led expeditions into the Bighorn Canyon and pioneered early photographic techniques along the way. This presentation is given Tempe Javitz, an author and Jessamine's granddaughter.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:39:07-06:00

Women Who Influenced Southeastern Sheridan County

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Women Who Influenced Southeastern Sheridan County

This Explore History program from December 2021 features the stories of 10 women who influenced the early development of communities in southeastern Sheridan County. SCLT thanks members of the Clearmont Historical Group who contributed research and helped present these fascinating and inspiring stories.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:39:34-06:00

: A photo of George T. Beck and Colonel Cody camping in the Wyoming Rockies

Beckoning Frontiers: The Entrepreneur & The Promoter

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Beckoning Frontiers: The Entrepreneur & The Promoter

This Discovery Session program from September 2021 features Jeremy Johnston, Historian at the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, discussing how Buffalo Bill Cody and George Beck, the founder of Beckton, worked to develop irrigation infrastructure and communities in the Bighorn River basin.

Chris Vrba2023-09-14T10:40:12-06:00

Main St., Looking South Sheridan, Wyoming

Big Goose Creek Virtual Tour

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Big Goose Creek Virtual Tour

This Discovery Session program from May 2021 allows you to take the Big Goose Creek Walking Tour anywhere with an internet connection. SCLT Historical Program Manager Carrie Edinger leads a discussion throughout the tour.

Firearms That Influenced Powder River Country

On August 20, 2022, SCLT partnered with Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site, the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association, Wyoming Humanities Council, Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails, and the Sheridan County Sportsmen’s Association to host Firearms That Influenced Powder River Country, a daylong session of historical presentations held at Fort Phil Kearny and the Kearney Community Hall. Below, you can find videos from each presentation. Video by Little Goose Multimedia.

Watch Individual Presentation Videos

Video 1 – Bob Wilson and Donovin Sprague

Video 2 – Danny Michael, Cody Firearms Museum Curator

Video 3 – Donovin Sprague

Video 4 – Carrie Edinger and Mike Kuzara

Video 5 – Rick Newton

Video 6 – HP Puckett

Video 7 – Carrie Edinger and Mike Kuzara second presentation

Firearms that Influenced Powder River Country video 8 – Full Day

On this video you will find the following presentations:
• Bob Wilson, a Kearny Frontier Regular, and Donovin Sprague, a History faculty member at Sheridan College and enrolled member of the Minnicoujou Lakota. Topics include: Native weaponry, bows and arrows (stone & metal), firearms, flintlock, musket, 1876 military firearms, and their historical relationship to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming.
• Danny Michael, Cody Firearms Museum Curator, discusses the history of firearms used on the Northern Plains and covers firearms of all types, from the “well known” to the “how did that get there?”
• Donovin Sprague presents Firearms and Changes in Native Culture.
• Carrie Edigner, SCLT Historical Program Manager, and local historian, author, and representative of Sheridan County Sportsmen’s Association Mike Kuzara co-present regional history and firearms related to early cattle drives along the Texas Trail and early ranching during.
• Community member Rick Newton shares local history related to historical firearms.
• Community member HP Puckett shares local history related to historical firearms.

Explore History to tour historic Eatons’ Ranch

Chris Vrba2023-08-29T11:44:26-06:00August 29th, 2023|Comments Off on Explore History to tour historic Eatons’ Ranch

Join us for this very special tour of Wyoming’s original dude ranch. You’ll learn about the history of Eatons’ Ranch, tour the buildings, and experience its beautiful location along Wolf Creek. Sept. 12 • 10 [...]

From volunteer to ‘dream job,’ Kevin Knapp joins SCLT as History Program Manager

Chris Vrba2023-07-18T16:04:42-06:00July 18th, 2023|Comments Off on From volunteer to ‘dream job,’ Kevin Knapp joins SCLT as History Program Manager

When you wish upon a star… It may not be Disney, but for Kevin Knapp, the opportunity to join Sheridan Community Land Trust as its new History Program Manager was a little like a dream [...]