history

Volunteers have set up camp and are hard at work on the historic Lemley Mill in Wyoming's South Pass Historic Mining District, where the Red Desert meets the Wind River Mountains.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado.

The public is invited to join the inhabitants of Bent's Old Fort July 4  to celebrate American Independence during the 2022 Old-Fashioned 4th Celebration. 

There were, in fact, 20 separate emancipations in the United States alone, from 1780 to 1865, across the U.S. North and South.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending June 19, 2022.

The 95-year-old Texan known as the "grandmother of Juneteenth" will celebrate this weekend, as she has for the past nine decades, but with the added knowledge she was instrumental in securing the date as a federal holiday.

Summer brings plenty of opportunities to get out and discover hidden historic treasures in your community, and preservation advocates are encouraging Wyoming residents to dig deeper.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado for June 12, 2022.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for June 5, 2022.

In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.