Explore History with The Hub and SCLT at the WYO

Sheridan Community Land Trust and The Hub on Smith have announced their collaborative Explore History programs scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8, and Tuesday, March 8, will be held at the WYO Theater. 

The program will begin at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8, at the WYO Theater. It is titled “History of Water in the Semiarid Southeastern Sheridan County.” Led by SCLT Historical Program Manager Carrie Edinger, the program will explore how the region’s limited water resources have shaped the lives of Plains Indian Tribes and during Western Expansion. Edinger will also dive into Wyoming water history and how irrigation projects in the valley changed agriculture production and once offered German immigrants farming opportunities. 

The March 8, program titled “Era of the Tie Flume”, will also begin at 10:30 a.m. at the WYO Theater. Towering up to 70 feet above the river, the 36-mile-long Tongue River Tie Flume harnessed the power of the cold mountain water to quickly transport timber down the mountain to the sawmills in what was anything but a lazy river ride. This program will highlight the construction of the flume, the tie camps and their impact on the economy of the Dayton and Ranchester area. Local historian Helen Laumann will share her historical research and her experiences hiking the areas of the tie flume. 

Explore History programs in Sheridan are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. The Hub invites attendees to join them for lunch after the program’s conclusion.

Explore History programs will also be held at the Tongue River Valley Community Center in Dayton on the third Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m., beginning Tuesday, February 15. 

For a complete schedule of Explore History programs, please visit https://SheridanCLT.org/events.

Explore History has been made possible thanks to the generous support of The NextFifty Initiative.