Custer Battle News Today

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is still discussed today, as few know exactly what happened, and even those who were there perhaps in a few years had their memories grow dim. One of the reputed only survivors of the US Army at the Custer Battle was Custer’s Crow scout, Curley. Some accounts, inc

Although today we have radio, television, the internet and an almost unlimited stream of news reports, back in the 1870s in Wyoming, during what is referred to as the ‘Great Sioux War,” this wasn’t the case. But, people back east still wanted news, especially news of their fathers and husbands; sons

Display at Cheyenne Depot Museum (vannoy photo) On October 24, 1861, the Western Union Telegraph Company completed the link between the Eastern and Western Telegraph lines at Salt Lake City, Utah. The transcontinental line allowed instantaneous communication between Washington, D.C., and San Fran

On Tuesday, July 12, in a three-part program, Judy Slack, local historian, presented a talk on All-American Indian Days, and how it came about. It was in conjunction with the SCLT Explore History program about the Sheridan WYO Rodeo. “I’ve been involved since I was about 6 years old. I also worke

A replica of the steamship, The Far West, on display at The Museum of the Upper Missouri, Fort Benton, MT During the early and mid-1800s, steamboats cruised up the Missouri, into the Yellowstone, Big Horn, Tongue River and the northern Powder River. Steamboats brought supplies to the army that wa

Helen Laumann and Carrie Edinger Helen Laumann has spent many years and hiked many miles researching and documenting the Tie Flume in the Bighorn Mountains. She presented a program on the Tie Flume at the Sheridan County Land Trust/ Hub Explore History Program on Tuesday, March 8 at the WYO. Laum