This month we feature a noted scientist and the new directory for the Wyoming Roving Archivist Program.

A well-loved professor

Longtime University of Wyoming archaeologist George Frison’s thinking about ancient bison kill sites was deeply informed by his early life as a hunter and rancher. Over a long career Frison won the affection and respect of students and colleagues; his many awards included election to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more in Julie Francis’s article, “Rancher, Hunter, Archaeologist: George Frison of the University of Wyoming.”

Wyoming Roving Archivist Program

The Wyoming Roving Archivist Program has published its new directory, intended to be a living record that will change over time. It will document Wyoming's cultural heritage institutions and be a resource for schools, libraries, museums, researchers and more. Cultural heritage organizations of all kinds are welcome to submit their institution for inclusion in the Directory, as are related institutions, such as colleges and/or universities. For more information, contact Project Archivist Jordan Meyerl at spcr.rovingarchivist@wyo.gov.

Upcoming Events around Wyoming

For August calendar events, visit the Wyoming Historical Society’s new website. If you know of upcoming history-related events in Wyoming, send a note to editor@wyohistory.org.
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Water Grabbing and Water Regulation in Wyoming
In arid, sparsely populated Wyoming, water law has evolved differently than in Colorado, California and Arizona. In her recent book on water rights in the west, Anne MacKinnon comments, “Wyoming is therefore ideal territory for documenting how western water law developed independent of the pressures of urban and industrial growth.”

Historical Monuments on the Wyoming-Nebraska Border
Two Oregon Trail state-boundary monuments between Nebraska and Wyoming sit only a couple of hundred yards apart from one another with one placed on the shoulder of a Nebraska public road and the other on the state border sitting on private land.

Showbiz and Rodeos: Some Wyoming Cowboy Connections in L.A.
Hollywood westerns were populated by many actors who could not ride a horse. Legitimate riders who earned their spurs the hard way worked as trainers, extras, stunt performers and in other ways to give an element of realism to Hollywood westerns. Many of these men and women had connections with Wyoming.