History

Among the seven stories highlighted in “The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier” are several Wyoming characters including Sacajawea and the Northern Cheyenne leader Little Wolf.

Wyoming’s capital city wants to connect America’s founding period with Wyoming's history.

Most of the 500 comments submitted from Grand Teton and Yellowstone call for increased federal support and ask for more Indigenous history. None reported signs with ‘disparaging’ history.

Nearly two centuries ago, in the 1850s, close to a dozen Middle Eastern cameleers helped ex-naval officer-turned-explorer Edward Fitzgerald Beale lead a caravan of camels through the arid American Southwest.

“Mountain Migrations” is filled with episodes about a defining trait of Westerners: They’re always on the move.

The Cody Enterprise dives into the life and legacy of Liz Byrd, Wyoming’s first Black legislator, who would have turned 100 on April 20.

On June 25th, 1876, Northern Arapaho, Cheyenne and Lakota warriors defeated the U.S. 7th Cavalry in southeast Montana. The exhibit brings together artwork from survivors of the battle as well as contemporary depictions of the event.

A coalition of public lands advocates and historians has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of censoring American history and science at national parks, including several in the Mountain West.

The Life Between The Rails oral history project tells the stories of Union Pacific employees from their perspective. These stories are gathered and displayed for the public to experience at the American Heritage Center.

The National Park Service started free entry days in 2009. The selection and number of days have varied, but Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been on the list ever since 2011.