WYOMING ALBUM:

Historic and Contemporary Photographs of the Equality State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aftermath of the Holliday Furniture fire, downtown Laramie, April 15, 1948. The fire destroyed seven buildings and 29 businesses. (Lillian Johnson collection, courtesy of her daughter, Joyce Smith)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slater School, one of the few remaining "Standard Schools" still standing in Wyoming. Phil Roberts photo, June 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two trumpeter swans swim in the waters north of Jackson on the grounds of the National Elk Refuge. One has its head in the water seeking out food. The elk herd is pictured in the distance.  Phil Roberts shot the photograph during a break from a two-day teachers' workshop he conducted  on the history of Wyoming, sponsored by the Greater Yellowstone American History Project.  About 30 teachers from western Wyoming attended the workshop held Feb. 12-13, 2007,  at the historic Jackson Playhouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A rabbit lounges on the lawn of the headquarters building of Black Thunder coal mine south of Gillette. Phil Roberts photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The monumental statue of Chief Washakie depicting him at the "Battle of Two Hearts," was dedicated in front of the Washakie Center pavilion on Grand Avenue, Laramie, on Sept. 30, 2005. The bronze statue, standing some 24 feet, was created by Ruidoso, N.M., artist and Cody native Dave McGary.   State Senator Cale Case of Lander was the master of ceremonies at the dedication. Other speakers included former U. S. Senator Al Simpson, State Sen. Robert Peck of Riverton, and two descendants of Washakie, UW trustee James Trosper and George Abeyta. Trosper and Abeyta are great-great-grandsons of the famed Shoshone chief.     Phil Roberts photo, Oct. 2, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Carbon Fire Department poses with their new equipment, 1890.  Carbon, now a ghost town, was the first mining town in Wyoming. This photograph is from the collections of the Medicine Bow Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gov. Frank Emerson seemed to enjoy "Governor's Day" at the training grounds of the Wyoming National Guard in the summer of 1930 as he participated in a troop "blanket toss."  The photo of the airborne governor was taken by Casper photographer B. E. Stephenson and it is held in the Emerson collection, Division of Cultural Resources, Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources Department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard served as university librarian and taught courses at the University of Wyoming for many years.  Here, she is shown teaching a summer course, probably in the Laramie Range, east of Laramie.  American Heritage Center photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2005 photograph by Phil Roberts

 

 

 

One of the names carved on Independence Rock, a famous landmark on the

Oregon Trail, southwest of present-day Casper, Wyoming.  Phil Roberts photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the best known sculptures in Wyoming is Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's equestrian statue of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, next to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody.  Phil Roberts photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

This structure served as Lusk High School and, later, the elementary school for many years.

 

 

This rustic structure was part of the Sullivan Ranch in Shirley Basin. The photograph was taken in 1909. Photo courtesy of the Medicine Bow Museum

 

 

 

 

Tom Horn, inside the Laramie County Jail, prior to his execution in Nov. 1903.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, famed UW professor, touring Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Van Tassell was home to the nation's first American Legion Post.

 

 

 

Cow camp lunch, Stimson photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket plague, Sundance, 1937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hat Creek Community Club, Niobrara County, early 1950s

 

 

 

 

Black Thunder coal mine near Gillette

 

 

 

Home on the Range, Wyoming (Jeffrey City)

 

 

 

"Fort Hat Creek," Niobrara County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This scene was shot in 1974 by Phil Roberts,

showing a sole figure walking along the tracks

of the main line of the Union Pacific Railroad

as it passed through Laramie.

 

 

 

 

Antler Arch, Jackson town square,

with Snow King Mountain ski run

in the background. (Photo by Peggy

Bieber-Roberts)