The Big Horn Medicine Wheel #587: George C. Frison Papers
High in the Big Horn National Forest lies the Big Horn Medicine Wheel. It is used even today for Native American ceremonies.
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Throwback Thursday – Wyoming 250
“The wild mustang is the poetry of motion, a living testament to freedom’s fire”
Quote from Buffalo Bill Cody, 1846-1917 - American Heritage Center
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Painting with light - Wyoming’s history through the camera lens
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Today’s history is recorded with digital phones, but people have been taking images of our area since photography first became common.
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Patrolling the Skies #585: Manufacturers Aircraft Association Records
In the 1900-1920's, thousands of pilots took to the skies across the U.S. Some were military pilots returned from World War I.
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#ArchivesontheAir #AmericanHeritageCenter #Wyoming250 #AviationHistory
Tough Director #584: Walter Doniger Papers
Walter Doniger wanted to be a physicist. But as a student at Duke University, he took a life changing course titled “Modern English Drama”.
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Throwback Thursday
Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes - Wyoming Public Media’s Photo Contest
“The wild mustang is the poetry of motion, a living testament to freedom’s fire.”
– Buffalo Bill Cody
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#Wyoming250 #WyomingHistory #BillCody #Steamboat
History through listeners’ Eyes
Adam Bowen - A quick embrace from some wild horses in the McCullough Peaks range at last light
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The Gettysburg Opera #584: Morris Hutchins Ruger Papers
During the Great Depression, the federal government embarked on many programs to combat unemployment.
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/show/archives-on-the-air
#ArchivesontheAir #AmericanHeritageCenter #Wyoming250
Influential Aviator Ralph Johnson #582: W. Dillard “Pic” Walker Papers
Captain Ralph S. Johnson was an airline industry pioneer.
https://ow.ly/2Qgw50YgQw4
#ArchivesontheAir #AmericanHeritageCenter #Wyoming250
Notorious Ladies of the Frontier #581: Henry Sinclair Drago Papers
Henry Sinclair Drago’s book, Notorious Ladies of the Frontier, was a departure from his usual fictional Westerns.
https://ow.ly/BzVi50YgQ8a
#ArchivesontheAir #AmericanHeritageCenter #Wyoming250
The Doctor Rode Horseback #579: L. Harmon Wilmoth Papers
In 1926, a young physician arrived in central Wyoming. His name was L. Harmon Wilmoth.
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Pioneer in the Publishing Industry #578: Virginia Kirkus Papers
Decades before Goodreads, there was Virginia Kirkus.
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/show/archives-on-the-air
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Cowgirls Riding the Western Range #577: Teresa Jordan Papers
Teresa Jordan was raised surrounded by women and girls who worked on the range, right beside their husbands.
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/show/archives-on-the-air
#AmericanHeritageCenter #ArchivesontheAir #Wyoming250 #Cowgirls
Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes - Wyoming Public Media’s Traveling Exhibit
At the Alice Hardie Stevens Center in Laramie, Wyoming
March 11th at 2:00 pm - Refreshments will be served.
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#Wyoming250 #WyomingHistory #IvinsonMansion #AliveHardieStevensCenter
Celebrating International Women's Day
In the wake of the first Territorial Legislature’s 1869 suffrage act, they would be called to sit on a formal grand jury of up to nine men and six women.
https://ow.ly/Usl450YqG8M
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Mourning a President #576: John B. Kendrick Papers
When President Warren G. Harding died on August 2, 1923, the nation went into mourning.
https://ow.ly/HksZ50YgKlB
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Flight Around the Rim #575: Ernest Emery Harmon Papers
In 1919 an intrepid group set out to promote commercial aviation.
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History through listeners’ Eyes
Shane Epping - Where storms break, and rainbows rise
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The Great Diamond Hoax #574: Lowell S. Hilpert Papers
When two men appeared at the Bank of California with a bag full of diamonds, they caused a stir. The year was 1871.
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#AmericanHeritage Center #ArchivesontheAir #Wyoming250
Rancher Archaeologist #573: George C. Frison Papers
George C. Frison was born in 1924. He grew up on his family’s ranch near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/show/archives-on-the-air
#ArchivesontheAir #AmericanHeritageCenter #Wyoming250
Happy Anniversary Wyoming Public Media
Wyoming's Former First Lady Carol Mead
https://ow.ly/1kvg50YiqEW
#WPM #60thAnniversary #Wyoming250 #WyomingGovernment
Speaker Series - From Bison to Beeves: Cattle Ranching on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Dr. Jeffrey Means, UW History Department Chair.
Alice Hardie Stevens Center, March 11th at 2:00 pm
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#Wyoming250 #WyomingHistory #WPMPhotoContest
Celebrating World Radio Day
Friday, February 13th, 2026.
And celebrating Wyoming Public Media's 60th Anniversary!
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/i-love-wyoming-public-ra...
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Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes - Highest Point in Wyoming
At 13,804 feet, Gannett Peak stands as Wyoming's highest point, outstripping the more famous Grand Teton by 34 feet.
Learn More: https://highpoint.guide/wy/
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Memoirs of a Tumbleweed #568: Glenn A. Conner Papers
Glenn Alvin Conner was born in Iowa in 1894. As a youngster, he moved to Nebraska in a covered wagon.
https://ow.ly/TrzS50Y5559
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The Pony Express Rides Again #567: Edmund Seymour Papers
Seventy-five years later members of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association decided to recreate a cross country Pony Express ride.
https://ow.ly/TOz550Y549R
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History Through Listeners' Eyes - Holly Sandefer - Desert Exhale
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/photo-contest/2025-11-21...
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Throwback Thursday - Wyoming 250
Download the 2026 Printable Calendar - Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes!
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Throwback Thursday!
Davidson Family, Strawberry Hill Dance - 1918
Download the 250 Calendar https://ow.ly/b30P50Y1s7M
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Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes - Wyoming Public Media’s Photo Contest
January featured photo: Davidson Family - Strawberry Hill Dance - 1918
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#WyomingHistory #Wyoming250 #WyomingPhotoContest
