COMMEMORATE AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY IN WYOMING!
Wyoming Public Media celebrates 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Join in on the year-long celebration of Wyoming’s rich history, arts, culture, and music. Listen to historical stories, exciting performances, educational activities, and more. Watch for featured Wyoming 250 programming aired on Wyoming Public Radio, Wyoming Sounds, and The Modern West podcasts. Listen to short summaries of Wyoming’s history with Archives on the Air.
Wyoming Public Media and the American Heritage Center partnered to produce Archives on the Air, which are minute-long windows into the past. Wyoming Public Media also works with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West to produce the Museum Minutes.
- Enjoy your journey through Wyoming’s history!
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“Mary Haworth’s Mail” column in the Washington Post doled out helpful advice to readers of all sorts – from the lovelorn to frustrated office workers. -
Morris Hutchins Ruger was a musician and composer who found inspiration in great works of literature. -
Wyoming artist Harry Jackson is remembered today for his sculptures which depict the life and pioneer spirit of the West. -
Screenwriter and director Wanda Tuchock had a long career in Hollywood. -
Chaplain Jim – USA was a radio drama broadcast during World War II. It featured the fictitious Chaplain Jim dispensing sage advice to soldiers and their families, as part of an effort to keep morale high. -
The student performers say collaboration and community are themes from the show that rang true to their time putting it together. -
W. Dillard “Pic” Walker was named an “Elder Statesman of Aviation” by the National Aeronautic Association in 1992. The award capped a 40-year career as a pilot and aviation pioneer. -
Learn more in the George C. Frison papers at UW’s American Heritage Center. -
Painting with light - Wyoming’s history through the camera lens -
In the nineteen-teens and twenties, plane flight was booming, but unregulated. New York City established an aerial police force to help reign in the chaos.
