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Title	Article Type	Author
Absaroka Mountains, mining in	Encyclopedia	Brian Beauvais
Airmail, U.S. in Wyoming	Encyclopedia	Steve Wolff
American Indian tribes, trade among	Encyclopedia	Samuel Western
Arnold, Thurman, Laramie lawyer and New Deal trustbuster	Encyclopedia	Dee Pridgen
Atlantic City, Wyo.	Encyclopedia	Lori Van Pelt
Automobile, Wyoming’s first	Encyclopedia	Phil Roberts

Dale Bohren

Dale Bohren played in the Civic Symphony bass section while in high school and later, during the Casper Symphony years, played in the orchestra including sometimes as principal bass. During the Wyoming Symphony’s first years he was executive director, pulling the orchestra out of a major financial slump.

Rebecca Hein

Rebecca Hein began playing cello in the Casper Civic Symphony as a high school sophomore, in September 1971. She played all through high school, and as an import from the University of Wyoming through May 1977. From 1992 through 1999, she served as principal cello in the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.

John Kirk

John Kirk was principal cello of the Casper Symphony Orchestra from 1981 to 1983. His position was the first of conductor Curtis Peacock’s project to supply the orchestra with key “core musicians:” professional-caliber performers whose job was to provide leadership for their section.

John Stovall

John Stovall played bass in the Casper Civic Symphony while in high school. Traveling further, geographically and professionally, than any other Casper classical musician, he ended up in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he still plays in the bass section.

The Frank Nevin Homestead, Carbon County, Wyoming

In 1890 Confederate veteran Frank Nevin established a small, 160-acre homestead southeast of Rawlins. As the old open-range system was fast disappearing, he and his family grew vegetables and ran small herds of cattle and sheep. Archaeological excavations at the site have provided provide rich information about these changing times on the range.

Howard Zahniser, Lake Solitude and the Wilderness Act of 1964

Howard Zahniser (1906-1964), a Washington, D.C.–based leader of The Wilderness Society, was the chief author of and lobbyist for the 1964 Wilderness Act. Much of his inspiration, and one of his earliest preservation victories, came at Lake Solitude in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains.

Sam Gebo and the Leasing of Federal Coal

Sam Gebo, a brilliant capitalist and con man, developed coal mines in Montana, Alberta and Wyoming in the early 1900s. But his methods were fraudulent; he and seven of his partners were charged with crimes. But a new system of leasing federal coal grew out of the controversy—a system still in place today.

Before Heart Mountain: Japanese in Early Wyoming

The history of Japanese people in Wyoming is most often connected with the World War II internment camp at Heart Mountain. Yet Japanese railroad laborers were in Wyoming as early as 1892—and some may even have helped lay the tracks that delivered the internees to Heart Mountain two generations later.

Flies, Lures and Tackle: A Wyoming Tradition

Playing a large trout without losing your fly; keeping the line taut while using the latest technology in reels and rods—dedicated fishermen and women enjoy all these things. How did the craft of tackle-making begin and evolve in Wyoming?

Mining the Absarokas

No landscape is beyond the reach of history. The wilderness of the Absaroka Mountains, bordering the west side of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, is no different. Evidence of early mining activity still endures in isolated pockets, and searchers can still find cabin ruins, tailings and a few crumbing tunnels.

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