WASHAKIE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER …...Mammoth News/Summer 2012 - Page 3 Washakie Museum and Cultural Center Presents Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Twelfth Night on Thursday, July

Organized by the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri

Mammoth News WA S H A K I E M U S E U M & C U LT U R A L C E N T E R

VOLUME 23 Summer 2012

Traveling Exhibit On Display September 25 through

December 2, 2012

Members’ Opening Reception

Thursday, September 27 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America will feature 95 original paintings created on-site at various parks throughout the country by 38 artists of the Plein-Air Painters of America (PAPA). PAPA artists are among the country’s most respected plein-air painters. Plein-air refers to the philosophical belief that creating art on-location, challenging as it may be, is crucial to successfully documenting a visual and emotional point in time and place. Text panels that give an overview of the parks, their history, and the artists’ experiences on location will supplement the paintings. The exhibit will be on display from September 25 through December 2, 2012. A Members’ opening reception will be held on September 27, 2012. Continued on page 2.

Ninety-five original paintings by plein-air painters depicting sites from coast to coast

from the earliest national park designation to one of the most recent.

Ralph Oberg, Signature Member

DAWN ARNICA BLOOM

Yellowstone National Park, WY

Oil, Plein Air

Volunteer Gallery Guards Needed! Pick your own shift No experience required Benefits included

Call if interested or for more information, 347-4102

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In 1871, artist Thomas Moran ventured into a Wyoming landscape that tested his ability to capture its rich variations of color and light. His field studies of steaming geysers and paintings of towering falls were instrumental in the creation of Yellowstone, our nation’s first national park. Since then, artists have joined naturalists and preservationists in convincing American presidents and legislators to set aside more than 350 locations as part of our American Legacy. In this exhibition, 38 members and guests of the Plein-Air Painters of America set up their easels in national sites across the country. The artists are among the country’s most respected plein-air painters. The adjective plein-air refers to the philosophical belief that creating art on-location, challenging as it may be, is crucial to successfully documenting a visual and emotional point in time and place. Each artist selected a favorite park to document. The 95 paintings in this breath taking exhibition depict sites from coast to coast, border to border, and from the earliest park designation to one of the most recent. The exhibition is a “field journal” experience that draws viewers into seasonal and daily experiences of color and light rendered in pigment on paper or canvas. In some instances, the field studies were used to create larger, studio paintings. Additionally, the Plein-Air members spent a week in March 2009 in Zion National Park in southern Utah, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. Their plein-air paintings create a special focus on the spectacular gorges and intimate creeks and glades that characterize this park whose Hebrew name means a place of refuge or sanctuary.

As absorbing as the individual paintings is the organization of the exhibition. The artworks appear in the exhibition catalogue and on the walls by date and the presidential administration that established the location. This nearly decade-by-decade documentation affirms the continuing desire of the American people to protect unique geographic and geological wonders as national parks, preserves, recreation areas, monuments, seashores, parkways, rivers, and historical sites. The Plein-Air Painters of America was established as a by-invitation painting group in 1986 and comprises some of the country’s most renowned artists. The exhibition premiered at The Haggin Museum in Stockton, California in October 2009.

The showing here in WORLAND is part of a national tour over a three year period, containing approximately 95 works of art; the exhibition was organized by The Haggin

Museum, Stockton California. The tour was developed and managed by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri.

“Without landscape painters, our nation would not have had the vision to preserve our first national parks.

Rather, many of the parks would have been settled by homesteaders, despoiled by mining and timber

ventures, “glamorized” by hotel and resort developers, or simply lost to neglect.”

Sponsors: Forrest and Mary Clay

National Endowment for the Arts

Anonymous David and Jeri Bostrom

Hasco Industrial Supply/Bill and Sandy Smith JADECO Inc./

Brad and Leslie Basse & Richard and Virginia Basse Charles Glade State Farm Insurance/

Chuck and Sherrie Glade Roger & Martha Lawley Tom & Laura McDonald

The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE MEMBERS’ OPENING RECEPTION

September 27, 2012

Live musical entertainment throughout the evening A wonderful and hearty assortment of hors d’oeuvres

Free to Museum Members $10 Non-Members

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Available for purchase September 25, 2012: A full color catalogue that explores the artists’ experiences creating their works and an essay by art historian Jean Stern discussing artistic themes and styles of recording landscape in American history. Price: $19.50

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Washakie Museum and Cultural Center Presents Montana Shakespeare in the Parks’ Twelfth Night on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in Sanders Park. This event is FREE to the public. Be sure to bring your blankets or lawn chairs and if you like, a picnic dinner. The performance is a wonderful summer evening experience and a great opportunity to gather with family, friends and neighbors. Montana Shakespeare In the Parks is a long-standing tradition for the Big Horn Basin, br ingin g l ive ly theatr ica l productions of Shakespeare to Worland annually.

NOTES FROM MSIP DIRECTOR , WILLIAM BROWN

Every scene in the play is about longing. Unrequited, all-consuming longing. Orsino wants a woman he will never have. Olivia wants a boy who does not exist. Viola wants a man who thinks she's a great guy. Malvolio wants a life he will never live. This is a very funny play and frequently funny because of all that excessive longing. Mistaken identity plays a major role in the comedy of Twelfth Night, complicating all the desire. But is it mistaken? Olivia is drawn to a woman, in a story full of particularly clumsy men, who speaks like she does. I am stealing a little from myself in terms of positioning this play in time and space. The one other time I did Twelfth Night, I horrified the artistic director by announcing that my inspiration for the play was Pirates of the Caribbean. Not the movie, but the ride. He had no idea what I was talking about. But that is really the quick smart aleck explanation. I

feel Illyria must be a dangerous place or why else would Viola feel the need to disguise herself as a man? It must be a beautiful place and it must be a place where ships are wrecked and sailors rule and people begin again. Sounds like pirates to me. This Pirate Place is the New World, where pirates (Orsino and his crowd, as well as Antonio) and ex-patriots (Olivia as the "governor's daughter", Sir Andrew, Sir Toby) who have left England are all thrown together. Their music is the improvised sound of the New World -- English

melodies gone native with African and Spanish rhythms and there are three songs in the play. One other note. The longing must be real. I've seen too many productions where the Orsino is just a preening boy who doesn't love anybody. But it takes real conviction to love someone who won't even give you the time of day. This is not a satire of love. It is heart-stoppingly real. What's funnier than that?

This event is FREE to the public thanks to these SPONSORS: David and Jeri Bostrom, Rick and Claire Dunne, Dolores Van Dusen, Charles Glade State Farm Insurance/Chuck and Sherrie Glade, Hedge Music & Radio Shack/Dan and Nancy Frederick, Herzberg Hideaway: Guest House/Lloyd and Donna Nielson, Ron and Kathie Nomura, Days Inn, and the Wyoming Arts Council.

FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Thursday, July 19, 2012

6:00 p.m. at Sanders Park Corner of 12th Street & Obie Sue, Worland

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“Voices of the Basin: History in Their Own Words”: Experience what over 200 Washakie

Museum members and delighted guests did on May 31 at the opening of our summer local history exhibition, Voices of the Basin: History in Their Own Words.

Voices of the Basin is an exhibition telling the stories and memories of early settlers and their families to the Big Horn Basin through oral history interviews, artifacts, and rich history from Washakie Museum’s archives. You will be swept back in time as you travel through the museum listening to their hardships, the entertainment, and the day-to-day living experiences.

LISTEN to ten individuals tell unique tales, VIEW authentic clothing and artifacts, and READ about fascinating local history. The ten voices are taken directly from previously recorded oral histories in

the Museum’s archives, recorded in the 1970s - 1990s. Hear memories from a Boxer, Grocer, Trapper, Housewife, and Sugar Beet Laborer, as well as experiences from a student in school, a girl with endless chores, a sick child, a family’s first car purchase, and a young lady attending community dances. This is a family friendly exhibit that kids and adults of all ages will be sure to identify with, learn from,

and enjoy. Major sponsors i n c lu d e: t h e Wy o m in g Humanities Council, Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, and MDU Resources Foundation.

“Wyoming Reflections: Original Art from Washakie Museum’s Collection”: Beauty and rarity abound in the Washakie Museum’s collection of unique artworks by talented artists from the area. Curatorial staff has amassed a body of these artworks representing the lure of this genteel state and the stark dissimilarity of its harsh conditions. Artists on display will

include T. Stardust, Bernice Bosch, Dick Scott, Elva Riley Ecton, Daisy Garard, among many others in such mediums as watercolor, pastel, oil, pen and ink, and copper repousse. Experience the grandeur of the state of Wyoming through the eyes and skilled hands of a variety of artists.

“The Reaction and Reform of the Johnson County War”: View the award winning mini exhibit by 7th grade Worland Middle School students, Mackenzie Cottrell and Bailey Gibbons. Their fascinating exhibit took home the Clara Jensen Award for

“Wyoming in the early 1900s was a very desolate place. Also, stark beauty, very rich desert. Soil that meant toil, people had no idea of. No water so irrigation canals and dams had to be built, then the valley bloomed. But until that happened, it was blood, sweat, and tears.” – Margaret Goodwin, born 1909

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History Discussion Group Experiences the T.A. Ranch- June 9, 2012

At the end of each season the Museum’s History Discussion Group selects a significant historical site to visit that has been featured in discussions. This year we traveled to the TA Ranch south of Buffalo, WY to coincide with our year of discussion on the Cattle Barons/Kings of the last quarter of the 19th century. English and Scottish investments purchased many of the largest ranches. Small ranchers and homesteaders filing claims on the public open range land had started to raise crops and small herds. As these “new” ranchers started to fence in their land, the large cattlemen sensed the danger and resisted this encroachment of their traditional grazing areas. Conflict between these two groups was inevitable and it was only a matter of time before the Wyoming Stock Growers Association was employing “stock detectives” to police their grazing areas and intimidating the smaller ranchers by excluding them from the seasonal roundups and membership in the Association. In April of 1892 the conflict erupted into full-fledged invasion of Johnson County, felt to be the seat of rustling in Wyoming, by 25 Association members as well as 23 hired gunmen. Alarm had been raised and the town of Buffalo was alerted. Scores of men quickly armed themselves and headed south to stop the invaders. The

invaders had stopped at the TA Ranch 13 miles south of Buffalo to rest their horses and to prepare for the final assault. The aroused citizenry of Johnson County then descended on the assembled ranchers at the TA Ranch forcing them to fortify the building and prepare to sell their lives dearly.

Saturday June 9, 2012 members of the discussion group as well as interested history buffs visited the TA Ranch to experience the events of that fateful day in 1892. The weather was far better for our group than for the beleaguered ranchers and gunmen making their way toward Buffalo through snow, sleet, and falling

temperatures. Over 32 hardy souls journeyed over the Big Horn Mountains to Buffalo, then south along old highway 87 which follows the original wagon road to the TA Ranch. Instead of besieged ranchers and gunmen we were cordially greeted by owners Earl and Barbara Madsen and the staff of the TA Ranch. Instead of erecting fortifications and digging rifle pits we had an informative presentation by local author John W. Davis. Many of the original buildings including the barn and ranch house still exist today and the group was able to wander around the site and view all of the buildings, gaining a better understanding of what that day in 1892 was like.

best overall entry at the Wyoming State History Days in April 2012. The war was fought between small settling ranchers and large established ranching outfits from Johnson County, Wyoming in April 1892--120 years ago. The exhibit covers the reactions of local citizens who came to the rescue of the small ranchers by arming 400 men and holding off the invaders for 3 days, as well as the reform of the ranching industry. Bailey and Mackenzie make the argument that “Wyoming’s small ranches and culture is a direct result of the harsh winter and the defeat of the large stock growers by the small homesteaders in the Johnson County War.”

McKenzie Cottrell & Bailey Gibbons with their award winning display.



FREE TO THE PUBLIC Session 1: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session 2: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

On Saturday, July 21, 2012 the Washakie Museum will host an all-day symposium for some of the world’s most renowned paleontologists working in the Big Horn Basin and the surrounding area throughout the summer. Some of the most essential and important work in their respective fields will be conducted this year in the Basin. Whether it is the continuing excavation of plant fossils by Dr. Scott Wing (Research Scientist and Curator with the Smithsonian Institution) and his crew at Big Cedar ridge or the International Coring project that will continue this year near Greybull, all are engaged in cutting edge research delving into the history of the earth. Dr. Wing and Mike Bies, retired BLM archaeologist have volunteered to coordinate this program. Interested Museum members and the public are encouraged to attend. Each presentation should last approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for questions. The audience will be encouraged to ask questions as the presenters want to insure a clear understanding of the topics presented. The afternoon session will include more technical talks, but all are welcome to attend both sessions. The following schedule is subject to change:

PUBLIC LECTURES 9:00-9:30 Fossil Plants of Big Cedar Ridge Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institution 9:30-10:00 The Bighorn Basin Coring Project Will Clyde, University of New Hampshire 10:00-10:30 Giant Reptiles and Shrinking Mammals Jon Bloch, University of Florida 10:30-11:00 Early Primate Evolution in Wyoming Ken Rose, The Johns Hopkins University 11:00-11:30 Ancient Insect Bites on Ancient Plants Ellen Currano, Miami University 11:30-12:00 Climate Change at the End of the Ice Age Steve Jackson, University of Wyoming 12:00-1:00 LUNCH-FREE TO THE PUBLIC

NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE BIGHORN BASIN AND ELSEWHERE

1:00-1:30 Mammalian faunal changes in the early Eocene Amy Chew, Western U. of Health Sciences 1:30-2:00 Fossil leaves and isotopes Rosemary Bush, Northwestern University 2:00-2:30 Seals, whales and isotopes Paul Koch, U. of California Santa Cruz 2:30-3:00 Fossil mammals Paul Morse, University of Florida 3:00-3:30 Early evolution of flowering plants in WY Nathan Jud, U. of Maryland/Smithsonian 3:30-4:00 More on Fossil primates Doug Boyer, Brooklyn College 4:00-4:30 Dispersed organic carbon & isotope stratigraphy of PETM Allie Baczynski, Northwestern University 4:30-5:00 Carbon dioxide concentration in the ancient atmosphere Rich Barclay, Smithsonian Institution

Thanks to these Sponsors the symposium and lunch

are free to the public: Dr. William and Debra Frank,

Dr. Jeffrey Gilman, Big Horn Anchor Service, Cloud

Peak Veterinary Service, and Greg and Debbie

Hammons.

Dr. Scott Wing in the Field


Be sure to mark you calendar to attend the ever popular Washakie Museum Dinner Theater on Friday , November 2, or Saturday, November 3. This year’s venue is a hilarious musical comedy under the direction of Sherryl Ferguson, the Museum’s

Performing Arts Coordinator. The original Off-Broadway production ran for 3,672 performances becoming the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history spawning six sequals.

The story revolves around 5 Sisters of the Hoboken Missionary Order who discover that their cook accidently killed the other residents of the Convent with her tainted vichyssiose while the five were off playing bingo. Not having enough funds to bury the last four Sisters (who are kept in a deep freezer), the Nuns decide to stage a variety show at Mount Saint Helen’s High School to raise the necessary amount.

The play is written by Dan Goggins and produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., New York City, NY.

The evening will include a delightful special themed dinner to accompany the show. Tickets for Museum members will go on sale around September 15th.

Musical Comedy Dinner Theater

Nunsense November 2 & 3, 2012

NEW MUSEUM SUMMER HOURS May 15 thru September 15

Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

MUSEUM WINTER HOURS September 16 thru May 14

Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Admission: Free to Members Adults $8, Seniors (62 and over) $7,

Children (age 7 to 12) $6 - (age 6 and younger) Free

AAA Members Receive $1.00 Off

Student or Organized Children’s Tours: Free Pre-Arranged Tours of 10 or more: $6 Per Person

The Newell B. Sargent Foun dat ion was honored at the Annual Wyoming Association of Municipalities Convention during the President’s Banquet in Laramie on June 15 as a 2012 Community

Hero Award winner for the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center project. The awards are given for “community enhancement projects, including but not limited to, beautification, historic preservation, downtown revitalization, community recreation programs, community events by a person, group, or organization that is of benefit to the entire community.”

According to WAM, the Sargent Foundation was selected due to their leadership, commitment, and dedication to improving, as well as preserving, the Worland community by building the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center.

The Sargent Foundation was nominated for this award by the City of Worland, Mayor Kreg Lombard. The award was accepted by Kent Richins, Sargent Foundation Board Member and Cheryl Reichelt, Museum Executive Director. The Sargent Foundation was one of five recipients from throughout the State of Wyoming.

Newell B. Sargent Foundation receives WAM Community Hero Award for the

Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Project

Dr. George Frison spoke to members of the Wyoming History Tour from the Laramie Plains Museum

on June 17, 2012.


Many of the events and exhibits hosted by the Museum are made possible through funding from generous donors like YOU! We need your support in 2012 & 2013 to continue hosting

exciting events like the following…

American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America Traveling Exhibit (September 25 thru December 2, 2012)

Montana Repertory Theatre, Biloxi Blues, Performing Arts Traveling Production (February 9, 2013)

Fight for Dominance: Native American Struggle for Tribal Power in the Big Horn Basin

Temporary Exhibit (May 30 thru August 24, 2013)

Nunsense Musical Comedy Dinner Theater, Community Theater (November 2 & 3, 2012)

Cruisin the Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson, Traveling Exhibit (February 2 thru April 27, 2013)

Forever Plaid Musical Production, Community Theater (April 4 & 5, 2013)

Artworks from Worland schools grades K-12 on display for the annual All School Art Show

The Museum Singers with Soloist Lindsay Craft at the Spring Luncheon Of Women and Song

Cat Urbigkit presenting “Public

Attitudes About Wolves”


C.a.f.e Exhibition and Sale The Fine Art Exhibition will be on display December 6, 2012– January 19, 2013. Wyoming artists are encouraged to participate. This show is open to applicants in most fine art mediums; excluding jewelry, clothing, and photography. A minimum of 5 pieces per artist will be on display to present a ‘mini exhibit’ highlighting the talent of each individual artist. Interested artists can apply to the screened exhibition before September 15, 2012 by going to washakiemuseum.org, click on Exhibitions-Temporary Exhibits-C.a.f.e.-then download the Guidelines/Application.

C.a.f.e Quick Draw Event December 7, 2012 at the C.a.f.e. Opening Reception, sponsored by Worland Rotary Club and Washakie Museum. Participating Artists will be have one hour to “finish” an artwork of their choice as spectators root them on. The timed event is open to most art mediums. Finished pieces will be auctioned off to art enthusiasts immediately following. Interested artists can sign-up by calling the museum, emailing [email protected], or stop by!

Schedule of C.a.f.e Events Now through September 15, 2012: Artist applications being accepted for Exhibition and Sale.

October 15: Notification of Artist Participation.

November 9: Information on artworks due from Artists.

December 1: Deadline for artist Quick Draw sign-up.

Artworks for exhibit need to be at the Washakie Museum if artist will not be present for installation.

December 4 & 5: Exhibit Installation

December 6: Museum members’ exhibit preview and Christmas Open House.

December 7: Museum/Rotary sponsored C.a.f.e Quick Draw Event. Attendees enjoy gourmet cuisine, live music, and fine wine while experiencing the creation of art.

December 6, 2012-January 19, 2013: Artworks will remain on display and available for purchase at the Washakie Museum.

January 21-23, 2013: Breakdown display. If unsold, artworks must be out by 5pm on Jan 23.

What is a Quick Draw Event? Participating artists are given one hour to “finish” an artwork of their choice, beginning with a blank canvas and ending with a masterpiece. Some of the more labor intensive art mediums will be allowed to start with a partially-finished artwork (ex: bronze). Artists will be scattered at designated stations throughout the Museum event center and foyer. Attendees will stroll among the artists to watch them work and root them on. Minutes after finishing, the same artworks will be auctioned off to attendees. This will be a fast-pace and exciting event for both artists and onlookers!

The Quick Draw is a fundraiser for the Washakie Museum and Rotary Club which supports projects throughout the community. Artists will receive 20% of the auction sale price. Out-of-town artists are invited to stay with a Rotarian host.


Among the artifacts in the Museum’s permanent collection is a historic Crow bow (circa 1875). There are many other wonderful Indian artifacts but those are a story for another time.

Bows appeared in the 7th and 8th century. The spread of bows most likely followed the same routes that the nomadic travelers followed when they came to North America, either over the Bering land bridge or some other yet undiscovered emigration route. The use of the bow spread throughout the continent and was in wide use by the indigenous people of North America by 700AD. The bow was compact, easy to use, and increased the range that a hunter could project an arrow to its target.

Bows could be made out of an assortment of various wood depending upon where the people lived and what type of wood was indigenous to the area. Some wood was better than others for bows. Wood such as osage orange and yew was preferred if the Paleo-Indian could find them. Other wood they used for their bows include; ash, white elm, ironwood, cedar, willow, dogwood, mulberry, chokecherry, hickory.

Indians cut the heart (middle) out of the trees for their bows usually during the fall or winter months after the sap in the trees had stopped flowing. During the 19th century white traders supplied their Indian clients with well-grained pieces of oak, hickory, and even yew wood for their bows. The average length of a Plains Indian bow varied between 35” to 48” long. As the Northern Plains Indians acquired horses the length of the bows became shorter, so that they could be handled easier from horseback.

Firearms began to filter into the northern tribes as early as the 16th century and had a large impact on the native cultures, alliances, and control of hunting areas. French and English traders traveled deep into the remote areas of the west and southwest to bring not only firearms, but

metal points for the Indians’ arrows and copper and iron pots for their wives that were traded for beaver pelts and buffalo robes. The tribe with the most horses and firearms could control vast hunting areas and drive smaller and less equipped tribes from those areas.

Firearms had several problems; they required black powder, percussion caps, and lead bullets to make them effective. Plains Indian tribes were not able to manufacture any of these items. Early firearms, such as flintlocks were fragile and required constant maintenance to keep them in firing order. Traders, some from the Hudson Bay Company of Canada, traveled as far south as the Yellowstone River to trade rifles and ammunition

to the Sioux and Cheyenne. Both rifles and the ammunition that they required were expensive and the tribes had to trade more and more buffalo robes to secure these weapons. Hollywood’s westerns give the impression that every Indian on the Northern Plains had a Winchester rifle and plenty of

ammunition. In reality fewer than 30% of the warriors had modern Winchester, Spencer, or Marlin rifles; most Indians still relied on bows and arrows and various types of war clubs and tomahawks.

The bow continued to be the primary hunting weapon of the Northern Plains tribes throughout the 19th century. Scores of arrows were recovered from the Little Big Horn battle site following the battle and most of those were damaged or broken. The good ones, the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors or their children recovered prior to leaving the area following the battle. These arrows could be used again either in war or on the hunt.

By the middle of the 19th century metal trade arrow points had almost completely replaced stone projectile points. If the warriors could not trade buffalo robes for metal points they learned to make them out of any sheet steel or iron that they could acquire.

Warriors could fire their bows as rapidly as their fellow warriors using repeating rifles, some

Featured Artifact from the Museum’s Collection: A Historic Crow Bow

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1875 Crow Bow from the Washakie Museum Collection


even faster. The typical warrior was able to unleash a barrage of arrows— sometimes as many as 12 in one minute—accurately at his target at full gallop on a horse. Young Indian boys learned how to use the bow long before they would be exposed to firearms and by the time they were in their teens they were experts with the bow. Many tribes continued to use the bow until the end of the Indian War period, 1868- 1877, if not later.

The bow had another advantage over the rifle. With a rifle you had to see your target to hit it—it is a line of sight weapon. The bow and arrow is also a line of sight weapon; but it is also an indirect fire weapon, meaning it can hit targets hidden from view. Many soldiers were wounded or killed during the war on the Northern Plains while they were hidden behind structures or in rifle pits by arrows coming down almost vertically striking the soldiers. Wounds from arrows were far more prone to becoming infected and the soldier had a greater chance of dying from arrow wounds than bullet wounds. The U.S. Army Medical Corp Museum at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas has a large and profusely illustrated reference section dedicated to the treatment of arrow wounds on the western frontier. Special probes were used to extract the projectile points from the soldier before they became infected. Many frontiersmen and soldiers carried projectile points buried deep in their backs, legs, or arms from encounters with native warriors to their graves and in some cases it is what killed them years after the encounter.

The Crow bow in the Washakie Museum Collection is 44 ¾” in overall length. The limbs are not of equal length with one being 19” while the other 21”. The bow string made of sinew is still attached. It is a typical style of bow for Northern Plains Indians such as the Crow.

By the end of the 1890s the Northern Plains Indian horse culture had passed from history after less than 200 years, but the bow has remained and its usage has actually increased over the years. Most states have archery hunting seasons and thousands of erstwhile warriors sally forth each year in quest of deer or elk. The bow remains an effective and versatile weapon that will continue in use for the foreseeable future. Information for this article was found in: The Mystic Warriors of the Plains by Thomas L. Mails—a superb reference work on Plains Indians—and the Great Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren


Rock Art with Linda Olsen

May 19, 2012

Pioneer Days

June 4-7,

2012

4th Grade History

Day

April 19,

2012

Missoula Children’s Theatre’s

Secret Garden

March 31, 2012

Rock Art with Fran Scranton

Wyoming is filled with many striking landscapes that have equally picturesque names. Many were named by the early explorers, ranchers or settlers who had to navigate through or around them. There is always a story associated with the name--sometimes the story is lost, but the name remains a vestige of the past. Devil’s Gate is a narrow defile through

the rugged rock escarpment that borders the Sweetwater River in south-central Wyoming. This was the traditional route for emigrant wagon trains traveling through the Wyoming territory hoping to reach the Oregon/ Washington territories before the onslaught of winter that would bar their passage through the Cascade Mountains. Over 400,000 hardy souls traveled down the Oregon Trail, which passes through this region, and the Mormon Trail. The advantages of good grazing and the best water in 200 miles encouraged some of these early travelers to settle there. It also encouraged some early trappers and hunters, men like Tom Sun, to try their hand at ranching along the Sweetwater River. Fighting the elements, the terrain, Indians, land speculators, rustlers,


Devil’s Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story

Wyoming Author: Tom Rea

Reviewed by: Curator, Bob Stottler

and other interlopers, the ranchers of the Sweetwater established large ranches and sought to protect their holdings by whatever means were at hand—including lynching and vigilante justice. Tom Rea skillfully weaves this story through the 19th and 20th century. He identifies the good guys and the bad; he exposes the root causes of the battles and conflicts between the old established ranchers and the new breed of smaller ranchers and sheep men. As this story unfolds author Rea guides the reader through this convoluted story past the numerous pitfalls, myths and half-truths to a more complete understanding of the area’s history. This is a very readable book and quite enjoyable for the history buff and those that want to better understand the history of Wyoming.

Tom Rea is also the author of Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur. He is a winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary nonfiction. Devil’s Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story was published in 2006 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Devil’s Gate: Owning the Land, Owning the Story is available in the Washakie Museum Gift Shop for $26.95 (less 10% if you mention you read it in the Mammoth Newsletter.)

When I was in high school my mother worked at an accounting firm who kept books for the local theater and the owner supplied her with lots of free movie passes. In my sophomore year I saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 18 times. I admit my perception of Butch and Sundance is somewhat colored by then major heartthrobs,

Paul Newman and Robert Redford. I personally like spoilers and unfortunately I am one of those people who always reads the end of a book first. Butch Cassidy, My Uncle is so good that I started at the end and was half-way through the book backwards before it dawned on me that I should stop and start at the beginning. I thought I

knew how it ended with Butch Cassidy—him dead and lying buried with Sundance somewhere in South America. Facts including DNA testing and numerous eye-witness accounts discussed in the book definitely lead me to have hope that I might be wrong.

This book is more than a story of Butch Cassidy, it is a story of family, friends, and other notorious associate “outlaws” that all join together to add to the “romance” of his history—Wyoming’s history that spreads throughout the state much further than the noted Hole-in-the-Wall. In addition it clears up several myths—including the tale of a man named William T. Phillips who in 1925, ran around Wyoming claiming, and believed by many, to be Butch — it’s not true. The author Bill Betenson is actually the great-


Butch Cassidy My Uncle: A Family Portrait

Author: Bill Betenson

Reviewed by: Executive Director, Cheryl Reichelt


In September 1 9 1 2 , t w i n brothers Earl a n d R a y Bower came to Worland to farm 80 acres of land one mile east of town adding an additional 80 acres in 1917. In the fall of 1917, the two b r o t h e r s along with their father, Vernon Q. Bower, Dr. W.

O. Gray, Bill Pulliam, and others organized the then

Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Board of Directors:

Sarah Froyd Healy, President Christiane Gee Porter, Vice-President

Kathy Koch, Secretary Dan Frederick, Treasurer

Martha Lawley, Immediate Past-President Rick Dunne Kent Richins

Charles Smith Doug Crouse Jeri Bostrom

Kari Keller

grandson of Lula Parker Betenson, Butch Cassidy’s younger sister. He has made Butch a life-long passion with in-depth research from written and oral family histories and personal interviews and even visits to South America. The book challenges you to “agree to disagree” and in the end you have to draw your own conclusions because the author admits all parties involved are now deceased. However, the author has provided a monumental amount of interesting research in pursuit of the truth. After reading the book I find I wholeheartedly believe in Lula’s account which would mean Butch was 71 years old when he died. (After all who wants to believe that Butch and Sundance died in a dingy little town in Bolivia—in my heart they will live on forever.) My recommendation, if you love Wyoming history and/or have a fascination for its (in)famous outlaws, read this book.

An interesting note: Lula Betenson became great friends with Paul Newman and Robert Redford while on location with them during the filming of Butch Cassidy and the

named Farmers State Bank. The Bower Brothers also divided up the farming acreage—80 each by the end of 1917 although they kept the livestock opera-tions jointly in the Bower Brothers’ account. Earl continued to expand his farming operation during the 1920s and in 1929 he acquired a two-thirds interest in the Big Horn Chevrolet Company. He went on to be very active in the community serving on several boards, the Wyoming State Legislature, and numerous other state and local level positions. Earl and Hilda had seven children: Vernon Earl Bower, Kenneth Alvin Bower, Roger Donald Bower, Alice Bower Garms, Evelyn Bower Natwick, George Quistorf Bower, and Carol Bower Day. 2012 marks 100 years of the Bower Family in Worland. To celebrate, the family is having a private reunion at the Washakie Museum on July 14th where descendants will gather to view family photographs and artifacts and remember their heritage. Congratulations to the Bower Family.

Wedding photograph of Earl T. Bower & Hilda H.C. Reesy.

Married October 7, 1913.

Sundance Kid. It’s all in the book Butch Cassidy, My Uncle. Paperback $19.95 plus tax at the Washakie Museum. If you mention you read about it in the Mammoth News, receive a 10% discount.



BUSINESS PATRON MEMBERSHIPS:

CLOUD PEAK SOCIETY ($1,500 +): Charles Glade State Farm Insurance

Chuck and Sherrie Glade Hedge Music/Radio Shack Dan and Nancy Frederick

Terry and Kelly Kaiser Borning JADECO, Inc.

Brad and Leslie Basse Richard and Virginia Basse

NOWOOD SOCIETY ($1,000 to $1,499): Rolling Hills Trucking, Inc.

Larry and Anne Hill

GOOSEBERRY SOCIETY ($500 to $999): Herzberg Hideaway: Guest House

Lloyd and Donna Nielson The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine

Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

COTTONWOOD SOCIETY ($250 to $499): Lloyd and Ruth Lungren

Rocky Mountain Framing & Gallery Terry and Dan Cook

Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee

PATRON MEMBERSHIPS:

SUNDANCE SOCIETY ($1,500 +): David and Jeri Bostrom Mike and Sarah Healy

MEADOWLARK SOCIETY ($1,000 to $1,499): David and Charleen Hamilton

Dr. John W. and Christiane Porter

PRONGHORN SOCIETY ($500 to $999): David and Charlotte Asay

Jeffrey Gilman, MD Roger and Martha Lawley Tom and Laura McDonald Fran and Diana Scranton

PAINTBRUSH SOCIETY ($300 to $499): Dr. Bob and Ruth Gonnion Bayuk

Kerry and Glo Clark John and Celia Davis

Steven and Carole Grosch W.G. and Jean Hart

Robert and Laurence Kaplan Helen Kathryn Koch

Gordon and Reba Neumann Ricker Pharmancy/Jeff and Terrie Yule

Willard Worland Wyoming Roger Youtz

MAMMOTH INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES ($100 to $299):

Stanton and Linda Abell Beverly Applegate

Jim and Iris Bell Landis and Janet Benson

Carl and Barbara Berryman George and Mary Evelyn Bower

Ruth Bower Mike and Cheri Bundren

Denny Bryant Lloyd and Terri Craft

Susie Culp and Dan Stine Jim Davis and Irene Byram

Karen Devish David and Sheila Duffy

Richard and Claire Dunne Fred Faure

Sandy Francis Terry and Kathleen Gibbons Charles and Vasca Gilmore

Sally Graham Ruby Green

Aaron Grosch Bunny (Mary) Haines

Randall and Mary Jo Hake Greg and Debbie Hammons Sam and Phyllis Hampton

Archie Harvard Cathy Healy

Paul Hixenbaugh David Huber Photography David and Cindy Huhnke

Gary and Arla Kaye Kapptie Paul and Kari Keller

Ronald and Lynn Krei Conrad and Alice Lass

John and Alice Leadbeater William and Deanna LeBarron

Kreg and Patti Lombard Lew and Penny Markley

Washakie Museum is interested in Big Horn

Basin historic photographs and film —

particularly those taken before 1940.

Photographs can be scanned and returned to

the owner and film can be transferred to DVD

with the original returned to the owner.


Lorraine Cullison Marcella Dorn

Frederick and Bonnie Drake Susan Erickson

Brad and Lori Feather Gard and Brenda Ferguson

Loree Fesenmeyer Dorothy E. Holt Fisher Robert and Kay Fritzler

Twyla Gladson Vicky Gopp

Ed and Sally Grooms Jennifer Hake

Hank and Caroline Hansen Frances Hanson

Darlene Hill Mary Alice Hinkel

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Holdeman H. Richard and Sharon Hopkinson

Catherine Howell Lucille Justus Mary Klingler

Ginger Klingler and Dennis Ihde Gloria Johnson

Annetta Leaverton Family Phyllis Lewis

Larry and Tillie Martinez George and Margaret McClellan

Kathy Mercado Family Neil and Jennifer Miller Jim and Jane O’Connor

Diane Orme Ronald and Vickie Overcast

Janis Palmer Marion Pavlus

GENERAL MEMBERSHIPS: INDIVIDUAL ($35) & FAMILY ($55)

Marlene Abbott Margaret Allen

Dawn Allred Gary and Martha Bingham

Jeff and Sarah Bishop Bob and Marion Black

Glenda Blake Steve and Laura Brown

Chris and Laurie Browne Carl and Candace Cottrell

Martenson Partnership/Elaine Decker, Shirley Knight, and Louise Gilman

Don and Carol McCormac Rob and Kathy McGee

Harry and Donna Moberly Leon and Margie Molitor

Tom and Linda Moss Ron and Kathie Nomura

Paul and Sharon Ostrander Tom and Cheri Outland

Jeffrey Paris Scott G. and Harriett A. Paris

Betty Richins Kent A. and Rosie R. Richins

Phil Roberts Julie Robinson

James and Phyllis Roseberry Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger

Dorothy Scheuerman Frieda Scheuerman

David and Nancy Schlothauer Gene and Bonnie Schreibeis

George and Carol Sheaff Roxie Shepperd Clara Lou Smith

Stan and Barb Smith Ron and Linda Sopko

Georgia St. Clair Robert and DeeAnn Thorne

Tommerup Machine Shop/Terry & Cathy Tommerup Dolores Van Dusen

Barbara Vietti Maxine Watson

MAMMOTH INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES (Cont’d)


GENERAL MEMBERSHIPS (Cont’d)

SPONSORS and DONORS:

Paleontology/Archaeology Symposium: Big Horn Anchor Service

Cloud Peak Veterinary Service Dr. H. William and Debra Frank

Jeffrey Gilman, MD Greg and Debbie Hammons

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Twelfth Night: Ron and Kathie Nomura

Dolores Van Dusen

American Legacy: Our National Parks Exhibit: David and Jeri Bostrom

Charles Glade State Farm Insurance JADECO, Inc.

Roger and Martha Lawley Tom and Laura McDonald

The Outdoorsman

Nunsense a Musical/Comedy Dinner Theater: David and Jeri Bostrom

Hedge Music/Radio Shack Dr. John W. and Christiane Porter

Wyoming Arts Council Wyoming Financial Insurance

Montana Repertory Theater Biloxi Blues: David and Jeri Bostrom

Charles Glade State Farm Insurance Hedge Music/Radio Shack

David and Charleen Hamilton JADECO, Inc.

Spring 2013 Community Musical Forever Plaid: David and Jeri Bostrom

David and Charleen Hamilton JADECO, Inc.

Wyoming Arts Council

Voices of the Basin Exhibit Sponsors: Dave and Charlotte Asay

Jim Davis and Irene Byram Dr. John W. and Christiane Porter

Fran and Diana Scranton Worland Kiwanis

Children’s Education: Jim and Iris Bell

David and Nancy Schlothauer Wyoming Arts Council

Museum Singers New Attire: John and Margaret Shaw George and Carol Sheaff

Of Women and Song Spring Luncheon: Lloyd and Terri Craft

Christine Weber

General Support: Jody Wesnitzer

Stine Family Collection Rifle Cases: Nelson & Page Dental

Worland Ford-Chrysler Inc.

4th Grade History Day: Hot Springs County School District

US Bank Employee Matching Gift Fund: Laura Brown

General Operating Support: Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation

Cynthia Pfeiffer Roger and Jane Pomeroy

Sonya Read Suzanne Rubio Shirley Runge

Dan and Kay Scheuerman John and Wanda Shelp

Glenn and Margaret Simmons Joe and Donna Simonson

Doreen South Lyle and Shelley Spence Ken and Carol St. Clair

Steve and Margaret Staab Joyce Steers

Terry Sutherland Charles and Debbie Swick

Robert and Dorothy Taylor Scott and Dana Thomas

Christine Weber Jody Wesnitzer Harvey Wilkins

Eula Jene Willard Mike and Paige Williams

Ed and Kathryn Wise Deborah Wood


A BIG thank you to Bill Hart who spent his winter in Yuma, AZ creating wonderful wooden

mammoth centerpieces for the Museum to use at special events.

New Grants Received:

Wyoming Arts Council: Grants to Organizations $6,384:

Wyoming Arts Council: Arts Education $6,695

Wyoming Arts Council: Arts Across Wyoming $750

Miss “V” Performance

VOLUNTEERS and OTHER SPECIAL THANKS:

Front Desk Volunteers: Helen Argeris Sherrie Glade

Caroline Hansen Julie Robinson

Susie Culp

Of Women and Song Spring Luncheon Volunteers: Christen Anderson Sarah Froyd Healy Caroline Hansen

Kathy Koch Emily Myers

Reba Neumann Christiane Porter

Eloise Shaw Sunday Taylor

4th Grade History Day Presenters: Marit Bovee - Atlatl Dan Cook - Roping

Bart Kroger - Wildlife Ron Nomura - Canoe Building

Rich Page - Mountain Men Fran Scranton - Rock Art Wanda Shelp - Spinning Jack Stott - Handcarts

Bob Stottler - Atlatl Carolyn Wostenberg - Spinning

4th Grade History Day Volunteers: Sherrie Glade

Caroline Hansen

All School Art Show: Art Instructors who assisted in coordinating the

exhibit and brought cookies for the opening: Kerri Barent Pam Greek

Jody Rakness Phyllis Roseberry

Pioneer Days Children’s Program Volunteers: Wanda Shelp - Spinning & Weaving

Alex Mulhall Taelor Nielsen

Serlkay Printing - Boxes for Steamer Trunks Western Auto - Boxes for Dugouts

Sue Page - Canvas for Journals & Floor Cloths

Voices of the Basin Exhibit: Randy and Lori Nissen - Gas Pump Loaned Object

Wyoming State Museum - Loaned Objects Robert Stottler - Loaned Objects

Gordon Neumann - Assisting with Gas Pump Oral History Voice Recording:

Margie Molitor Jonathan Anderson

Narisse Trippel Mackenzie Cottrell

Hedge Music/Radio Shack

American Heritage Center for the exhibit In Pursuit of Equality

Worland Cleaners and Supply/Dan and Gail Dover Cleaning Mats and Other Items Throughout the Year


Shakespeare in the Parks’ Twelfth Night: Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Sanders Park. FREE to the public.

Big Horn Basin Paleontology Symposium: Saturday, July 21. Session 1: 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Lunch: 12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m. Session 2: 1:00 p.m.— 5:00 p.m. Free to the public.

American Legacy: Our National Parks: Organized by The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California. Ninety-five original paintings by plein-air painters depicting sites from coast to coast. On display September 25—December 2. Opening Reception: September 27.

Smithsonian Museum Day Live: Saturday, September 29.

Children’s outdoor painting class: Friday, October 19.

Adult outdoor painting class: Saturday, October 20.

Nunsense Musical Comedy Dinner Theater: Friday & Sat-urday, November 2 & 3.

Annual Soup & Cookie Fair: Saturday, November 17.

C.A.F.E. (Christmas Art Festival & Exhibition): Washakie Museum Fine Art Sale & Show: December 6, 2012 through January 19, 2013.

C.A.F.E. Members’ Preview Reception Thursday, December 6.

Cloud Peak Society ($1,500 +): Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc/

John and Margaret Shaw Charles Glade State Farm Ins./

Chuck and Sherrie Glade Hasco Industrial Supply/ William and Sandy Smith Abner and Sarah Kluver

Hedge Music/Radio Shack Dan and Nancy Frederick

Terry and Kelly Kaiser Borning Jadeco, Inc./Brad and Leslie Basse

Richard and Virginia Basse

Nowood Society ($1,000-$1,499) Rolling Hills Trucking/Larry and Anne Hill

RT Communications/Becky Dooley Worland Cleaners/Dan and Gail Dover

Gooseberry Society ($500-$999): Herzberg Hideaway/Lloyd & Donna Nielson

The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine Security State Bank - Worland/Brent Miller

Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

Cottonwood Society ($250-$499): Casper Antique and Collector’s Club

Lloyd and Ruth Lungren My Little Spot/Bob & Janie Richardson

Robert & Jeanne Paris Sarah & Steve Radabaugh

Ricker Pharmacy/Jeff & Terrie Yule

Rocky Mountain Framing & Gallery/ Terry and Dan Cook

Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee Worland True Value/Lowell & Punkie Peterson

Sundance Society ($1,500+) David and Jeri Bostrom Mike and Sarah Healy

Meadowlark Society (1,000-$1,499): John and Patricia Bailey

William and Debra Frank David and Charleen Hamilton

Dr. John W. and Christiane Gee Porter David and Diane Veile

Scott Wing

Pronghorn Society ($500 to $999): Dave and Charlotte Asay

Lois J. Dunne Jeffrey Gilman, M.D.

Roger and Martha Lawley Tom and Laura McDonald

Rick and Bernedene Robertson Fran and Diana Scranton

John and Eloise Shaw Georgia St Clair

Wendy Press Sweeny Attorney at Law

Paintbrush Society ($300 to $499): Dr. Bob and Ruth Gonnion Bayuk

Helen Bonine

Kerry and Glo Clark Doug and Audra Crouse

John and Celia Davis Steven and Carole Grosch

Bill and Jean Hart Robert and Laurence Kaplan

Helen Kathryn Koch Gordon and Reba Neumann Willard Worland Wyoming

Roger Youtz

Mammoth and Alfalfa Club: (Individual $100—Family $150):

Stanton and Linda Abell, Jr. Beverly Applegate

LeAnn Baker and Randy Chenoweth Darrell and Kitsy Barnes

Jim and Iris Bell Landis and Janet Benson

Carl and Barbara Berryman Mike and Carolyn Bies Frank and Karla Bird

George and Mary Evelyn Bower Ruth Bower

Denny Bryant Mike and Cheri Bundren

Lloyd and Terri Craft Susie Culp and Dan Stine

Ed and Pat Cummins Jim Davis and Irene Byram

Karen Devish

WASHAKIE MUSEUM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS July 2012 — July 2013

For more information visit our website at www.washakiemuseum.org



Steve Dondero Jack and Bonnie Donnell David and Sheila Duffy

Richard and Claire Dunne Farm Credit Services of America

Fred Faure Don and Mary Jo Fowler

Sandy Francis Bruce Frederick and Janet Jones

William and Lila Gabbard Terrill and Kathleen Gibbons Charles and Vasca Gilmore

Sally Graham Mike and Tiffany Greear

Ruby Green Aaron Grosch

Duane and Cathy Groshart Jean Groshart

Bunny (Mary) Haines Randall and Mary Jo Hake

Greg and Debbie Hammons Sam and Phyllis Hampton

Tom and Patty Harrington Archie Harvard Cathy Healy Bill and Bonnie Hefenieder Lawrence and Joy Hill

Paul Hixenbaugh Elizabeth C. Howell

David Huber Photography

David and Cindy Huhnke Carl and Kamme Jeffries

Gary and Arla Kaye Kapptie Paul and Kari Keller

Joe Kelley and Jacque McCoughlan Tom and Virginia Kittleman

Ron and Lynn Krei Alison Lass

Conrad and Alice Lass John and Alice Leadbeater Bill and Deanna LeBarron Kreg and Patti Lombard Lew and Penny Markley Jim and Tammy Marshall Martenson Partnership

Don and Carol McCormac Rob and Kathy McGee

McGarvin & Taylor, Inc. Richard and Liisa McKamey Melvin and Deloris Mead Dan and Michelle Miller Gary and Laure Mitchell

Harry and Donna Moberly Leon and Margie Molitor

Doug and Debbie Morrison Tom and Linda Moss

Michael and Teresa Neal Jim and Heidi Nelson

Ron and Kathie Nomura Paul and Sharon Ostrander

Tom and Cheryl Outland Jeffrey Paris

Scott and Harriett Paris Jacque Pike

Kent A. and Rosie R. Richins Betty Richins

Phil Roberts - Wyoming Almanac Julie Robinson

Peggy Robinson James & Phyllis Roseberry

Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger Dorothy Scheuerman Frieda Scheuerman

David and Nancy Schlothauer Gene and Bonnie Schreibeis

George and Carol Sheaff Roxie Shepperd

Rick and Danyne Six Clara Lou Smith

Stanley and Barbara Smith Ron and Linda Sopko

Sherry Stottler Gary and Laura Sutherland Robert and DeeAnn Thorne

Terrance and Cathy Tommerup Dolores Van Dusen

Nancy Veibell Barbara Vietti

Maxine Watson Milton and Joan Woods

C.A.F.E. Rotary Club & Washakie Museum Artist Quick Draw Special Event: Friday, December 7.

Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson Traveling Exhibition: February 2 — April 27, 2013.

Montana Repertory Theatre’s Biloxi Blues: One performance only Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Missoula Children’s Theatre’s Wizard of Oz: Monday, March 11 through Saturday, March 16.

Forever Plaid community musical: Friday & Saturday, April 5 & 6.

All School Art Show: Tuesday, May 7 through Wednesday, May 22.

Fight for Dominance Temporary Exhibit: Thursday, May 30 through Saturday, August 24.

MUSEUM FACILITY RENTALS: Bower Reunion: Saturday, July 14 Wyoming Contractors Association: Thursday, July 19 UW New Professors: Friday, September 21 Episcopal Church Convention: Friday & Saturday, October 5 & 6.

WASHAKIE MUSEUM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS July 2012 — July 2013

For more information visit our website at www.washakiemuseum.org


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Dean Tolman, Oil Painting, 1988

“The very thought and action of painting a

beautiful landscape is a necessary speculation on

life, an effort to give meaning to the passage

of time…”

Organized by the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri

ON DISPLAY SEPTEMBER 25 — DECEMBER 2, 2012 Raleigh Kinney, Signature Member

LAND OF SKY BLUE WATERS

Voyageurs National Park, MN

Watercolor

On display now through September 8, 2012 In Washakie Museum’s West Foyer

Original artworks by various artists from Washakie Museum’s Collection in the mediums of watercolor,

pastel, oil, pen and ink, and copper repousse.

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WASHAKIE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER …...Mammoth News/Summer 2012 - Page 3 Washakie Museum and Cultural Center Presents Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Twelfth Night on Thursday, July