HISTORY
GREEN RIVER — In the spring of 1869, John Wesley Powell launched his first epic expedition to explore the Green
GREEN RIVER — Students from the Granger School got a special guided tour of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum on
Celebrate Historic Preservation Month in Downtown Rock Springs ROCK SPRINGS — May is National Historic Preservation Month and the community
The summer of 1891 in Rock Springs witnessed one of the most explosive and foolish tragedies that has been recorded.
ROCK SPRINGS — Western Wyoming Community College invites the community to listen to the “White Lies” podcast, and join hosts
GREEN RIVER — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum is researching Green River’s first cemetery, which was established in 1862 not far
GREEN RIVER — A budding historian brought a century-old handgun to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum for examination this week.
GREEN RIVER — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum and the Sweetwater County Quilt Guild have partnered up once again for
Rock Springs in the 1960s was one of many stops along the way for the Harlem Globetrotters, an exhibition basketball
GREEN RIVER — Author and biographer Bill Betenson paid a visit to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River
GREEN RIVER — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River recently discovered that it has a unique cultural and historical
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Places database has joined the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). A total of 3,051 items are
GREEN RIVER — A muzzle-loading Civil War infantry rifle was recently brought to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River
SWEETWATER COUNTY — A research request made this week to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage Firearms Research Program provided
There tends to be an insightful and helpful perspective when looking back through history. Even in present day circumstances amidst
FARSON — A new exhibit from the Sweetwater County Historical Museum is now on display at the Eden Valley Community
