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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Near the end of World War II, the USS Queenfish torpedoed the Japanese Navy’s Awa Maru. The sinking of the Awa Maru, which was designated as a Red Cross aid ship, was decried by the Japanese as an “outrageous act of treachery.” -
Topic of the Week - Should we be afraid of Colorado 'zombie' rabbits? -
The Mess Kit newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces gives a glimpse into the lives of the servicemen stationed in France following the end of World War I. -
2025 Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes! -
In the 1920s and 30s, the U.S. Government sponsored a voluntary military preparedness program known as the Citizens’ Military Training Camp. -
This summer kicked off celebrations for America’s 250th. But as federal cuts to the humanities have sunk in, a statewide nonprofit is scaling back some of what it planned. -
Grant funds will support a veteran's oral history project that will be archived in the Wyoming State Archives, an internship to support 250th-related programming in Albany County and a bison sculpture in Uinta County. -
Topic of the Week - Nuclear Microreactor Waste -
Topic of the Week - What do you think about the loss of 8 local newspapers in Wyoming? -
The ill-fated Donner Party expedition set off on the Oregon Trail in the spring of 1846. Destined for California, many of the group starved to death when snow stranded them in the Sierra Nevada mountains for the winter.
