historic preservation

At a recent open house, townspeople were invited to imagine new uses for an old train depot.

Nine students from a public high school in New York City just wrapped up a three-week field trip to Wyoming’s national parks, learning everything from historic masonry to log preservation and wood window repair.

The original sandstone and limestone structure was constructed in 1909 of material quarried locally and served as one of several Carnegie libraries constructed in Wyoming. It comes as the museum was honored by the Institute of Museum and Library Science as the recipient of a 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that make exceptional contributions to their communities.

Local efforts were made to preserve the historic buildings of Gillette Avenue between 1st Street and 7th Streets. The Gillette Downtown Historic District was added earlier this year, with 30 buildings dating from the late 19th century to the 1960s included.

On a Saturday afternoon in January, Great Plains Hall in Arapahoe was packed with hundreds of people standing in line to bless themselves with cedar…

A headdress belonging to Chief Black Coal, one of most influential Arapaho leaders of the late 19th century, has been repatriated to the Northern Arapaho…

If you've driven past the cemetery along 17 mile road on the Wind River Reservation recently, you might've noticed some young people walking around in the…

A dedication ceremony is set for Saturday, July 8 at the Ames Monument in southeastern Wyoming. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark last…

In Grand Teton National Park, the White Grass Dude Ranch entertained visitors who came for mountain views and the chance to play cowboy. It closed in 1985…

After years of planning the state of Wyoming is finally going ahead with a multi-year effort to renovate the state capitol building and to completely…