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Recap: Unbarred Tour of Big Horn Basin Community Halls

A beautiful morning greeted attendees and AHW staff for a tour of four community halls in Park and Big Horn counties in northwest Wyoming in late August. The halls were selected because they represent several different types commonly found in the state, and they are all still actively used for community events.  The heyday of hall construction was the 1920s…

Blm Improves Historic Emigrant Trails And Cultural Sites Management In Rock Springs Plan 

ROCK SPRINGS, WY (August 22, 2024) – Today, the Bureau of Land Management released a proposed resource management plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs area that makes strides towards protecting the Oregon-California-Mormon National Historic Trails and other important historic and cultural sites. The plan clearly reflects public input the agency received and incorporated into protecting these popular and historically significant…