Wyoming’s economy has long been driven by energy extraction. However, what remains less well-known are some of the remarkable industrial heritage sites that dot the state.
David Noyes remembers attending Hebard Elementary School in the 1950s
The barn was built for Polish homesteaders Walentz Podlaszewski and Veronica Zwolkowski Podlaszewski around 1910.
Yellowstone Elementary School was completed in 1923, and today houses the Sweetwater County Family Justice Center.
Wyoming has always been at the heart of the nation’s move west.
Hilery Lindmier recalls childhood memories of watching Wyoming Symphony Orchestra concerts from the balcony of the auditorium in Casper’s distinct Natrona County High School
The Andy Chambers property, which was occupied from about 1916 to 1980, is the most intact homestead remaining from the original settlement of Gros Ventre (pronounced “Grovont”), which at its height was home to almost 30 families.
Fort Bridger in southwestern Wyoming dates back to 1843 when Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez established an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail at the Black’s Fork of the Green River
Built in 1962 as a Minuteman 1 site, Quebec #1 was re-purposed for the Peacekeeper Missile in 1986 and was used until 2005. Twenty-five miles north of Cheyenne, this facility will eventually be the only one of its kind left in the world.
The Old Town Hall in Bairoil was built in the 1920s to serve a growing oil company town.