History
Three Japanese Americans who helped build the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will receive the organization’s first lifetime achievement awards during its annual pilgrimage that starts Thursday, July 27, and runs through Saturday, July 29. Jeanette Misaka, Bacon Sakatani, and Raymond Uno who were incarcerated as children at Heart Mountain along with 14,000 Japanese Americans during…
For the very first time, the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will open to the public a session of its workshops for teachers from around the country for a presentation on the mistreatment of German American war resisters in Montana during World War I. Dr. Keith Edgerton, a recently retired historian at Montana State University-Billings, will…
Here are four historical facts to help you appreciate Cody’s Irma Hotel more fully as you visit, stay, or dine there.
To get an idea of just how long people have resided in the region, let’s take a look at three awe-inspiring archaeological sites near Cody.
According to the US Forest Service, a man named Kuyendall led the first group of gold prospectors into the mountains near Kirwin in 1870.
Let’s look at what the Code of the West really is, and why — even in this era of streaming and smartphones — it’s still at the core of how Cody country lives.
This video, taken only some 13 years after Wyoming joined the Union as the 44th state, serves as a stark reminder that without railroads, the state wouldn’t exist as we know it today.
Considering how many people have traveled the route between Cody and Yellowstone since the park was first established in 1872, it’s a bit surprising that local residents remained unaware of Mummy Cave for so long.
Old Timers and Early Day Women of Cody For his November “Local Lore with Bob Richard” program at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Bob welcomes special guests Al and Pete Simpson, who help him share great stories and photographs about Old Timers and Early Day Women of the Cody area. The event takes place…
In a state whose economy was built on mining, it’s appropriate that archaeologists have confirmed a red ocher mine in Platte County is the oldest mine in North and South America. The University of Wyoming announced the publication of an important archeological paper. In it, a long-standing hunch from a legendary Wyoming scientist has been…