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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 24 Fall 2012

Friday & Saturday, November 2 & 3, 2012

Under the direction of Sherryl Ferguson, Performing Arts Coordinator

“Nunsense” a musical comedy Book, Music and Lyrics by Dan Goggin

is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

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numerous comic surprises this show has become an international phenomenon. The original Off-Broadway production of Nunsense opened December 1985 running for 3,672 performances and became the second longest running Off-Broadway show in history. The show was adapted for television, starring Rue McClanahan, and has spawned six sequels and three spin-offs.

Tickets, available at the Museum, are $30 per person for Museum Members and $35 for Non-Members. In order to be seated with a particular party or group please indicate the name(s) to be seated together when picking up your tickets. Tables of 10 may be reserved.

The fabulous dinner will include recipes from Sister Julia Child’s (Oops) Reverend Mother’s Cookbook. The first course of monk’s potato soup will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by a heavenly red wine meatloaf, a divine cranberry broccoli salad, and wild rice with almonds. At intermission enjoy apple pie for dessert. Iced shrimp with cocktail sauce and a cheesy jalapeño bacon dip will be on the tables when the doors open at 6:00 p.m. Coffee and water are included with wine and beer available for purchase.

The Washakie Museum’s Annual Dinner Theater is without a doubt a fun-filled evening of good food and fantastic entertainment. The musical comedy Nunsense is destined to become one of your favorites.

Nunsense begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidently poisoned 52 of the sisters who died from eating her tainted vichyssoise (cold potato soup). Alas, there is only enough money to bury 48 of them. The five remaining sisters (who miraculously escaped their sisters’ fate as they were playing bingo at another parish that disastrous evening) decide that the best way to raise money for the other four burials is to put on a variety show. So they take over the Mount Saint Helen’s School auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth grade production of Grease, for their performance.

The five nuns include: Reverend Mother Regina (Marilyn Braaten), a former circus performer; Sister Mary Hubert, the Mistress of Novices (Linda Axtell); a streetwise nun from Brooklyn named Sister Robert Anne (Susan Carrell); Sister Mary Leo, a novice who is a wannabe ballerina (Wendy Compton); and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia (Margaret ‘Muffie’ Shaw), the nun who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head.

This delightful two-act musical comedy is under the direction of Sherryl Ferguson, Washakie Museum’s Performing Arts Coordinator. Sherryl’s credits include directing Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Damn Yankees, and Reminiscing with Rockwell, as well as The Museum Singers. Breece Ferguson is in charge of the sound and lighting. Hillary Wall and Keith Compton will coordinate the choreography with Cheri Bundren working on the ballet dance. Bryony Wilde is the accompanist with Patti Lombard assisting on the keyboard. Working backstage are Laura Sutherland and Nancy Frederick.

Featuring singing, dancing, an audience quiz, and

Thank You Nunsense Sponsors: Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc/

John and Margaret Shaw David and Jeri Bostrom

Hedge Music-Radio Shack/ Dan and Nancy Frederick

Dr. John W. and Christiane Porter Wendy Press Sweeny, Attorney at Law

Rolling Hills Trucking/ Larry and Anne Hill

David and Diana Veile Wyoming Financial Insurance

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On Display December 6, 2012

through January 19, 2013

An exhibit highlighting the individual talents of area artists will feature a wide variety of fine art mediums including oil paintings, watercolor, copper repousse, wood turning, basket weaving, bronze, pen and ink, and much more. Each artist within the exhibit will have a minimum of five artworks on display to further highlight the genius and skills of the participating artists. The majority of artworks in this exhibition will be for sale. If you purchase an artwork as a gift you will receive a professional postcard copy of the piece, wrapped and ready to present to your loved one. Artworks will remain on display and available for purchase from December 6, 2012 to January 19, 2013.

Members’ Exhibition Preview Thursday, December 6, 2012 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Free to Members- $10 for Non-members Chili Bar and Hot Cocoa Live Musical Entertainment by the Sunshine Generation Appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus Free Gift Wrapping

Sam Angelo “Maple Hollow Form” Maple Wood, Woodturning

Roxanne Zahller Pine Needle Basket

Gayle Barnett “Companeros” Watercolor

Friday, December 7, 2012 ~ 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. A Holiday Evening of Fun, Food, and Fine Art!

Join in the holiday festivities on Friday, December 7th when the Worland Rotary Club and the Washakie Museum host their First Artist Quick Draw. Patrons of the event will be treated to gourmet cuisine, the opportunity to sample fine wines from Buffalo Jump Winery of Cody and be enter-tained by the ever-popular M u s e u m Singers. The r e a l e x c i te m e n t o f t h e e v e n i n g ’ s festivities is the opportunity to watch participating artists create or quick finish a masterpiece within one

hour. Artists will be scattered throughout the Museum Event Center and Grand Foyer to allow you to stroll and enjoy this unique event. Minutes after finishing, these same artworks will be auctioned off to attendees. This will be a fast-pace and exciting event


for both artists and patrons!

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. Quick Draw artists are f r o m t h r o u g h o u t Wyoming and a special guest artist from Montana--Steve Lillegard. He is a bronze sculptor who’s works have won numerous “Best of Show” and “Peoples’ Choice” awards and can be found in collections world-wide. You will also have the opportunity to view and shop the wonderful works from C.a.f.e. (Christmas

Art Festival and Exhibition) Museum’s Temporary Exhibit Gallery and Grand Foyer. Tickets are $10 for Museum and Rotary Members and $15 for Non-Members.

Kent Richins “Cabin in February” Oil

Karen St Clair “Time Flies” Silver/Bead Jewelry

Quick Draw Event Friday, December 7, 2012

6:00 p.m. Doors Open

Gourmet Cuisine

Live Musical Entertainment by the Museum Singers

Wine Tasting by the Buffalo Jump Winery, Cody

7:00 p.m. Quick Draw Begins

8:00p.m. Live Auction

Washakie Museum

Steven Lillegard “A Parting of Ways” Bronze Sculpture


Always a lively event with delicious soups and cookies - mark your calendar to join with friends & neighbors at the Washakie Museum’s Annual Soup & Cookie Fair on

Saturday, November 17th.

$7 per pound for Homemade Cookies

$7 per person Bottomless Bowl of Soup (Sample as many as you like) Coffee and Hot Apple Cider, Roll and Cookie

We need cookies-lots of wonderful homemade cookies! If you are willing to bake cookies or make soup, please contact

the Washakie Museum at 347-4102 or e-mail Cheri Shelp at [email protected]. Thanks to all of you who make this wonderful event so enjoyable and successful!


CRUISIN’ THE FOSSIL FREEWAY with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson

February 2– April 27, 2013

Ammonites, trilobites, dinosaurs, oh my! Fossils are all around us. That’s the message paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll share in the traveling exhibit Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson, opening on February 2, 2013. Fossils have long been a subject of fascination and are used by paleontologists to help answer questions about early life on Earth. But how much can the fossil record tell us about evolution, extinction, and geologic time?

Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway features 19 framed color prints and five large-scale murals of Ray Troll’s whimsical, fossil-inspired artwork, all of which were created for a book of the same title, published by Troll and Johnson in 2007. The book records the “epoch tale” of the duo’s 5,000-mile road trip through the American West as they sought to explore the fossil record. The exhibit combines visuals and stories from

the book with real fossil specimens from the Washakie Museum’s own p a l e o n to l o g y collection. Also on view will be a video h i g h l i g h t i n g Troll’s artistic process.

Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway was organized by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington in collaboration with Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson, authors of the book Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip.

“Dream of the Double Didy” by Ray Troll.

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.

View the wonders of nature captured by the artists of these awe-inspiring paintings of America’s National Parks which affirm the continuing desire of the American people to protect our unique geographic and geological wonders.

Organized by The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, MO.

Jane Shuss, “Friendship of Salem, Overcast Sky” Salem Maritime, MA, Watercolor

On Display Now through December 2, 2012

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New Permanent Collection on Exhibit at the Washakie Museum

A Personal Note from Melanie Stine.... “I climbed into my truck at the Museum loading dock and looked back at Bob [Museum Curator]. “I’m going to cry”, I said. And I did! Now mind you, I’m not an emotional cripple, although some would argue that point. But, having something you cherished for over 40 years seeming gone---the old tear ducts would not be denied. It’s not like I just lost a loved one or even one of the menagerie of cats and dogs that captured my heart. These were pieces of metal and wood, not something most girls have an affinity for. Growing up with three brothers didn’t lend itself to dolls, playhouses, and the like. Let me strap on my

The Washakie Museum would like to express our deepest appreciation to Melanie Stine for the donation of her personal Winchester firearms to be a part of the Museum’s permanent collection. The collection contains 18 rifles, carbines, and shotguns from the 1880s through the 1930s. Special cases were crafted by Bob Eisle to allow the firearms to be displayed in a scene that tells a story, rather than just statically posing the rifles. The funds for the cases and a gun safe were donated by Denis Kerasotes, Nelson & Page Dental, Big Horn Anchor Service, and Worland Ford-Chrysler, Inc.

The Melanie J. Stine Firearms Col lect ion opened on September 27, 2012. It was a tough decision for Melanie to donate the firearms to the Washakie Museum as they have been a significant part of her life for many years. The firearms will remain together and will be shown in perpetuity for many years to come. All who see this magnificent collection will know that they are part of our Big Horn Basin heritage from Melanie J. Stine.

cap gun six shooters and head for the hills, (our huge back yard). Christmas lists were comprised of toy guns, BB guns, or cap guns. Trying to wean me off my firearm fetish, my folks gave me a Doctors kit for Christmas when I was 9. What an awesome gift, until the candy pills ran out. The era of television shows furthered my gun mentality. Who can forget the Rifleman with Chuck

Connors, the Bounty Hunter, Bonanza, and of course my favorite, Gunsmoke. Then I was introduced to a man in the movies, who could wield a Winchester like no other. They called him the “Duke”. These casts of characters, along with my parents instilled a lifelong love, respect, and appreciation of firearms and the outdoors. When I got a chance to work in my parent’s store, The Outdoorsman, my passion for hunting and fishing turned into a lifelong vocation. When a customer would stroll in with an old Winchester, I couldn’t wait to get my “grubby little” hands on it. There’s nothing like the sound of an antique lever action rifle---the design---the workmanship. But,

what intrigued me the most was the history. Holding a 100 year old Winchester, I wondered “who were its people, did this rifle save a life or take one”? “What meat did it put on the table and what do the 4 notches on the stock represent”? So, the next time you are in the Museum and you are standing in front of a case of old metal and wood, conjure up the image of yourself standing between life and death with only a Winchester in your hand. Imagine teaching your eight year old how to shoulder a “94” and take careful aim at supper because this was your only grocery store. And, the smile on your daughter when she gets her first 22 and our tradition and heritage is passed on.”

Wyoming has a colorful history and has played a significant role in the development of that part of America we call “the West.” However, a good part of that history has yet to be told. On Sacred Ground: A Religious and Spiritual History of Wyoming ($19.95)

tells the story about how people of faith contributed in shaping the state’s future. People of diverse faith traditions, religious denominations, congregations and individual spiritual leaders all left an imprint on Wyoming’s identity and character. Their stories are


There are many journals written by men that either traded or trapped in the Rocky Mountains during the exciting years of the fur trade. The fur trade in the middle of the 19th century drew millionaires, crooks, scoundrels, scholars and those seeking adventure in the wilds of the west. Most of these recollections were written many

years later when old men tried to remember what they and their companions did or saw during those wild years in the mountains in search of the elusive beaver. Most were illiterate and sought out writers or journalists to write down their stories, and occasionally these ghost writers would embellish the stories to make them more marketable. Osborne Russell was the exception; he wrote down his own experiences and you will find as you read this wonderful book, he was quite a skilled writer and an excellent observer. During his time in the mountains he was either employed by the American Fur Company or in the company of trapping giants’ men such as the Sublette brothers and Jim Bridger. Hewas a keen

observer of all the events around him from the big fight at Pierre‘s Hole on the Idaho and Wyoming border to the rendezvous in the Sweetwater country of south-central Wyoming. His recollections cover the highpoint of the fur trade from the late 1830s to its close in the mid-1840s. He wintered with the Shoshone and met Washakie as a young man before he assumed the leadership of the Eastern Shoshone. Osborne’s observation of village life was without the usual bias that many of these trappers and traders had about the lifestyle of these native people. It is a rich tapestry of life on the frontier and a balanced objective view of life with the Shoshone, Crow and other tribes of the area. Although Russell has nothing good to say about the Blackfeet or the Sioux- most observers didn’t- I believe he was honest in recounting his experiences and provides the reader with rare insight into the fur trade. Many historians consider Journal of a Trapper to be the seminal book on the fur trade and have quoted from it extensively. Mention you read the book review and receive a 10% discount (regularly $16.95). There are a limited number of books currently available in the museum gift store so hurry before they are gone.

Journal of a Trapper

Author: Osborne Russell

Reviewed by: Curator, Bob Stottler

many and varied. This book is about those stories and those who participated in them.

Warren Murphy is an Episcopal clergyman who has served congregations in Dixon, Lander, Atlantic City, the Wind River Reservation and Cody over the past 35 years. Most recently he served as Director of the Wyoming Association of Churches. He has immersed himself in the stories of Wyoming’s past and has participated in events that are shaping the present. He is a graduate of Bridgewater College in Virginia and the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. He presently resides in Cody with his wife Kate.


It is clear and calm, and the temperature is mild in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin on a late-18th century, mid October day. A group of Shoshone hunters are mounted on newly acquired horses which allow them to range farther into the game-rich areas of the Basin. It is time for the yearly sojourn into the Basin to secure winter meat for their tribes. Buffalo herds, both large and small, are scattered throughout the basin along the Big Horn River and its many tributaries. Mounted on horses traded from their cousins, the Comanche of Texas and northern Mexico, the Shoshone hunters have increased mobility that not only allows them to pursue the buffalo herds but also to dominate other tribes located on the periphery of the Big Horn Basin. The Shoshone extend their territory at the expense of other tribes such as the Crow, Blackfeet, Mandan, and others controlling ar-eas up into eastern Montana along the Yellowstone River. On this day the Shoshones are not alone in the Basin. They have mounted and armed visitors--Crow warriors that have acquired horses as well as firearms from the Blackfeet. The Crow warriors are here to challenge Shoshone control of the Big Horn Basin as well as the rest of their territory. Over the next century the Crow and Shoshone will battle each other again and again for control of the Big Horn Basin’s resources. Other tribes, such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, will also challenge the Crow and the Shoshone in the coming years. This year’s History Discussion Group, Worlds Collide: Changing Native Culture in the Big Horn Basin, will discuss these paradigm changes, such as the introduction of the horse, the tribe’s acquisition of firearms, the increased use of metal, and the effects of pandemic diseases on demographic distributions in the Big Horn Basin. Each one of these changes, sometimes in concert with others, shifted the basic fabric of tribal life in the area. For example, within one generation the knowledge of knapping stone into tools and weapons was lost because of the advent of metal trade points manufactured in the eastern United States and Europe that were far more durable and effective.

The spread of smallpox and other diseases had a dramatic effect on the tribes in some cases shifting the balance of power from one tribe to another. Journals from this era tell of whole villages disappearing, abandoned villages littered with corpses, and tribes fading from the scene. This season’s History Discussion Group will seek to unravel this complex story to understand the dynamic changes that various tribes dealt with in a very short time span. We will discuss who the winners and losers were in the vast tableau that spans the Big Horn Basin and all of Wyoming as each tribe struggled to maintain their territory, identity, and culture. Guest speakers which will include academic scholars, medical professionals, re-enactors, and tribal historians, will highlight their respective areas of expertise and discussion group leaders will facilitate the discussion on that particular evening. The first meeting will be Thursday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m. and continue one Thursday a month through May 2013. It looks to be an exciting discussion season. The discussion group is open to any and all interested adults throughout Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin and beyond. The Museum requests that discussion group participants pay a fee of $50 for Museum Members and $55 for Non-members to help fund the year of activities and cover the cost of a reference book and other materials. Please contact Bob Stottler at [email protected] or 347-4102 if you have any questions or are interested in joining the Discussion Group.

Meeting Schedule: October 18, 2012 November 8, 2012 December 13, 2012 January 10, 2013 February 21, 2013 March 14, 2013 April 11, 2013 May 16, 2013 Field Trip-June 2013

2012-2013 History Discussion Group Worlds Collide: Changing Native Culture in the Big Horn Basin


The Washakie Museum was very honored to host a first-class paleontology symposium this past July. Almost 150 scientists, students, and enthusiasts gathered to hear presentations from twelve renowned scientists discussing the significance of their finds in the Big Horn Basin to the world. The Museum wishes to gratefully acknowledge the work of Dr. Scott Wing in assembling the entire program and speakers in a successful effort to share findings and gained-knowledge from the Big Horn Basin sites with the public. The Washakie Museum would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this program possible, Dr. William and Debra Frank, Dr. Jeffrey Gilman, Big Horn Anchor Service, Cloud Peak Veterinary Service, and Greg and Debbie Hammons.

atmosphere roughly equivalent to burning our known inventory of fossil fuels or burning ten times the amount of living biomass. We know neither where this carbon came from, nor the mechanism that injected it into the atmosphere.

Bighorn Basin rocks, coupled with observations else-where, show that Earth’s atmosphere changed abruptly and led to a rapid global temperature increase of 5 to 9 degrees centigrade.

This spasm of change is preserved in a narrow band of strata only 10 to 30 meters in thickness. Surface fossil collectors have been scouring this interval by crawling on their bellies across the Badlands for the past 10 years. Last year a drilling program successfully recovered full core records of the interval that are currently under centimeter-by-centimeter analysis. In the aftermath of this ancient event, northern latitudes became tropical in only a few thousand years. Biology went wild. Bighorn Basin rocks record the abrupt loss of conifer trees, the infestation of leafy plants by insects, the dwarfing of local animals and the opportunistic immigration from Asia of new life forms, including distant

Jon Bloch, University of Florida, discussing Giant Reptiles and Shrinking Mammals: How Climate Change Affects Life on Earth.

Guest opinion: Bighorn Basin's geologic past may be key to our future by Bob Raynolds,

Consulting Geologist and Research Associate at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

A group of geologists and paleontologists convened at the Washakie Museum in Worland, Wyo., this summer to discuss their latest findings in the Bighorn Basin. These scientists periodically meet to share and compare new fossil discoveries. This gathering, like others in recent years, carried undertones of growing apprehension. Apprehension is not an emotion expected in a room of scientists discussing life in the distant past. This group’s anxiety is fired by the realization that their painstaking work in ancient rocks is revealing stories that echo environmental changes in our own time and point to challenges ahead for our children and grandchildren.

About 55.5 million years ago, in a geological instant spanning less than 10,000 years, a mysterious event released a volume of carbon dioxide into the

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Big Horn Basin Paleontology Symposium

Special Thanks to: Dr. Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institution

Presenters:

Will Clyde, University of New Hampshire Jon Bloch, University of Florida

Ken Rose, The John Hopkins University Ellen Currano, Miami University

Rosemary Bush, Northwestern University Paul Koch, University of California Santa Cruz

Nathan Jud, University of Maryland/Smithsonian Doug Boyer, Brooklyn College

Allie Baczynski, Northwestern University Rich Barclay, Smithsonian Institution

Amy Chew, Western University of Health Sciences

Thank you Ken Rose, The John Hopkins University

for the valuable fossil cast donation

ancestors of horses, cattle, and ourselves. For geologists and paleontologists, these changes define the passage from the Paleocene to the Eocene epochs.

In a time frame of less than 200 years, we are burning Earth’s fossil fuel inventory, converting fossil carbon to CO2. We are once again dramatically modifying the composition of the atmosphere. In response, the Earth has already warmed between 1 to 2 degrees centigrade and further warming is predicted.

Outside the window, in the mountains surrounding the Bighorn Basin, we see lodgepole and whitebark pine forests dying from insect and fungus infestations. On the basin floor, Russian thistle (tumbleweed), Russian olive, and tamarisk have arrived and are flourishing. Globally, these and other changes are remarkable enough that geologists are defining a new geologic age: the Anthropocene.

Bighorn Basin rock layers reveal dramatic biological responses to past climate change. Each new data set adds urgency to studies that may help foretell our fate as we recreate the circumstances that set the stage for changes in the past. Are some of the anticipated responses already visible today in the scenery of the Bighorn Basin?

(This article appeared in numerous newspapers in Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana.)

For interested parties, the Museum has the complete symposium on DVD. Please contact the Washakie Museum at 347-4102 or e-mail [email protected] if you would like to obtain a copy. The cost is $15 for the two-DVD set.

Instrumentalists: Maxine Watson - Piano

Willie Wright - Tenor Sax, Alto Sax Liz Jolley - Flute

Dan Frederick - Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax Breece Ferguson - Trombone, Trumpet

April Whitlock - Flute Patti Lombard - Piano, Keyboard

Georgia Leithead - Piano Gard Ferguson - Trombone

Jack Stott - Guitar

Vocalists: Margaret Shaw Naomi Durrant

Logan Christoffersen Marsha Hill

Sherryl Ferguson Sherry Stottler Kent Lombard

Dan and Nancy Frederick for Special Arrangements

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Colors of Confinement Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II

Edited by Eric L. Muller with Photographs by Bill Manbo

In 1942, Bill Manbo and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. While there, Manbo documented both the bleakness and beauty of his surroundings, using Kodachrome file, a technology then just seven years old, to capture community celebrations and to record his family’s struggle to maintain a normal life under the harsh conditions of racial imprisonment. Colors of Confinement showcases sixty-five stunning images from this extremely rare collection of color photographs, presented along with three interpretive essays by leading scholars and a reflective, personal essay by a former Heart Mountain internee. The subjects of these haunting photographs are the routine face of an amateur

photographer: parades, cultural events, people at play, Manbo’s son. But the images are set against the backdrop of the barbed-wire enclosure surrounding the

Heart Mountain Relocation Center and the dramatic expanse of Wyoming sky and landscape. The accompanying essays illuminate these scenes as they trace a tumultuous history unfolding just beyond the camera’s lens, giving readers insight into Japanese American cultural life and the stark realities of life in the camps. (Information from the front jacket of the book) Published 2012 by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, in association with the

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. (Hard Cover $35.00) Members who mention they saw the book in the newsletter receive a 10% discount.

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 2013 to continue hosting

exciting events like the following…

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

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

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

Temporary Exhibit (May 30 thru August 24, 2013)

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


The Museum Gift Shop carries a large selection of Books by Wyoming Authors including these:

Hard and Noble Lives A Living Tradition of Cowboys and Ranchers in Wyoming’s Hoback Basin by Paul Jensen $24.95

This is the story of the settlement of western Wyoming’s Hoback Basin, told through fascinating tales and unusual characters: ordinary people who did extraordinary things, and who, with courage and determination, shaped history.

“Local history at its best— the stories of ordinary people who gave life and color to a small part of the American West. But stories, too, that find counterparts in other areas of the West. A solid, readable history of both local and regional significance.”—Robert M. Utley, award-winning author, historian of the American West, and former Chief Historian of the National Park Service.

Unbroken (2011 WILLA Literary Award Winner for Best Contemporary Fiction) by Jamie Lisa Forbes $19.95

Ranching on the high plains near Laramie, Wyoming is a life of extremes. No one knows better than Gwen Swan, who married both her husband and his family ranch where she works hard beside the men and struggles to raise her two children. Meg Braeburn, who broke away from her family’s ranch, expects unrelenting hard work when she takes a job on the place neighboring the Swan’s. She and her son face an uncertain future, but she is determined to make a good life for them. Gwen, who understands the corrosive effects of isolation better than Meg, includes Meg in her family and community and wins Meg’s gratitude and support. There is little time for reflection on anyone’s part as the wheel of the seasons grinds relentlessly onward bringing disasters and triumphs and a rough road for all concerned.

Wranglin’ Notes A Chronicle of Eatons’ Ranch 1879-2010 By Tom Ringley $27.95

One can’t help but wonder if Howard Eaton, at the age of just seventeen and as the first of the brothers to go west in 1868, had any inkling of the enduring legacy they would eventually build and how many people through the years would share a part of their dreams. The author has followed the historic trail of Eatons’, itself, and of the many people who have played such a large part in its fascinating history. Filled with stories, photos, and archival tidbits from the Ranch’s own Wranglin’ Notes newsletter, Ringley’s chronicle tells the complete story of this unique enterprise over the last 131 years. The 7,200 acre ranch is located at the foot of the beautiful Big Horn Mountains.

Receive a 10% discount off any of these books when you mention you saw them in the newsletter!


BUSINESS PATRON MEMBERSHIPS:

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

Larry and Anne Hill

GOOSEBERRY SOCIETY ($500 to $999): Wendy Press Sweeny Attorney at Law, P.C.

COTTONWOOD SOCIETY ($250 to $499): Spirit Mountain Tours, LLC/Lee Nellis

Robert and Jeanne Paris

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Worland True Value/ Lowell and Punkie Peterson

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SUNDANCE SOCIETY ($1,500 +):

MEADOWLARK SOCIETY ($1,000 to $1,499): David and Diana Veile

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

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

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MUSEUM WINTER HOURS September 16 thru May 14

Tuesday to Saturday 9:00 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

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

MUSEUM SUMMER HOURS May 15 thru September 15

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

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Bruce and Georgia Weeter Cecile Wiechmann


Melanie J. Stine Firearms Collection Cases: Denis Kerasotes

Fight for Dominance Summer 2013 Exhibit: Casper Antique and Collector’s Club

Children’s Education Scholarships: Wanda Shelp

Nunsense Musical Comedy Dinner Theater: Rolling Hills Trucking/Larry and Anne Hill

Wendy Press Sweeny Attorney at Law David and Diane Veile

Nunsense Table Sponsors: Dr. John and Christiane Porter

David and Jeri Bostrom Mike and Sarah Healy

Voices of the Basin Summer 2012 Exhibit: MDU Resources Foundation

American Legacy Fall 2012 Exhibit: David and Diana Veile

USB Employee Matching Gifts: Laura Brown

Wyoming Arts Council Arts in Education Grant:

Missoula Children’s Theatre 4th Grade History Day

Children and Adult Art Programs

Wyoming Arts Council Grants to Organizations:

Shakespeare in the Parks’ Twelfth Night Community Band Musical Performance

Nunsense Musical Comedy Forever Plaid Musical Comedy

Special Thanks to Christiane Gee Porter for purchasing Sauce/Gravy Boats for the Museum!

Volunteers:

Special Thanks to Sherrie Glade, Caroline Hansen, Julie Robinson, Susie Stine, and Helen Argeris for

staffing the Reception Desk all summer!

Kathy Koch for working the Bower Reunion

Sarah Healy for helping with the Laramie History Tour Special Event

Fran Scranton for assisting with the Ag in the Classroom Tour and others

John Shelp for helping to build Nunsense Set, Stage, and Stairs

Rachel Wolf for assisting in Collections

Reba Neumann for working Ag in the Classroom Dinner and Shakespeare in the Parks

Dan Hart, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline, presents Museum Director Cheryl Reichelt with a $2,500 check

from MDU Resources Foundation for the summer exhibit Voices of the Basin. Thank you Cathy Healy for donating this beautiful

painting by Artist Alan Newburg

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 US Bank/Laura Brown

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

Spirit Mountain Tours, LLC/Lee Nellis Worland True Value/

Lowell & Punkie Peterson

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

Meadowlark Society (1,000-$1,499): Doug and Audra Crouse

Dr. 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

Jeffrey Gilman, M.D. Roger and Martha Lawley Tom and Laura McDonald 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 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 Ed and Pat Cummins

Jim Davis and Irene Byram Karen Devish

Steve Dondero


Under the Direction of Sherryl Ferguson, the Museum’s Performing Arts Coordinator

and Naomi Durrant Featuring Gard Ferguson as “Wolfman Jack”

with The Museum Singers and other Guest Artists

This event is free to Patron Level Members and Donors Invitations will be mailed in early January.

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

Bob and Joyce Grossman Bunny (Mary) Haines

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

Archie Harvard Cathy Healy

Bill and Bonnie Hefenieder Lawrence and Joy Hill

Paul Hixenbaugh 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

Dr. Vernon and Rachel 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 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 Dan and Susie Stine

Sherry Stottler Gary and Laura Sutherland Robert and Kay Swander

Robert and DeeAnn Thorne Terrance and Cathy Tommerup

Dolores Van Dusen Nancy Veibell Barbara Vietti

Maxine Watson Milton and Joan Woods

Montana Repertory Theatre’s National Tour Performance of:

One Performance Only Saturday, Feburary 9, 2013 Middle School Auditorium


A heartwarming and funny hit play by Neil Simon


Adult Class Saturday, October 20th 9:00am-3:00pm Instructor Michele Farrier will begin the day with a presentation of examples and techniques for plein-air art with pastels at the Washakie Museum. Following the presentation everyone will drive to a pre-designated scenic overlook to create an open air work of art.

Ages High School through Adult $40 Members $45 Non-members

Lunch & Materials included in fee Registration Deadline Oct. 15

Plein-Air art is done outside rather than in a studio. The

term comes from the French en plein air, meaning 'in the open air'. The Impressionists were particularly interested in the influence of changing light

outdoors on color.

“Out Cedron Way” by Michele Farrier

To register call the Museum at 347-4102 or email [email protected]

Kid’s Class October 19th

Friday after school 3:30pm-5:30pm

Students will work outdoors with Teton County artist Michele Farrier to explore the possibilities when working “in the open air”.

Grades 1st-8th $15 Members

$20 Non-members

Snack & Materials provided Registration Deadline Oct. 15

Michele Zambory Farrier Michele moved, with her family, to Alta Wyoming in 1993 and has taught art for Teton County School District for 15 years. Schools included are Alta Elementary,

Jackson Hole High School and Summit High School. Michele’s renewed interest in plein air work has been a joy for her. She is very active in her lifestyle and particularly enjoys the time out of doors being still and observing for hours at a time. Her work is done primarily in the field using soft pastels and oil, with a few finishing touches being completed in her studio in Alta. Her work can be found at DeSelm’s in Cheyenne, WY Guchiebird’s in Driggs, ID and the Wyoming State Collection.

http://painting.about.com/library/glossary/bldefimpressionism.htm

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, 2012.

History Discussion Group: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Kid’s Plein-Air outdoor art class: Friday, October 19, 2012 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Adult Plein-Air outdoor art class: Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Nunsense Musical Comedy Dinner Theater: Friday & Saturday, November 2 & 3, 2012.

History Discussion Group: Thursday, November 8, 2012

Annual Soup & Cookie Fair: Saturday, November 17, 2012

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

C.A.F.E. Members’ Preview Reception: Thursday, December 6, 2012.

C.A.F.E. Rotary Club & Washakie Museum Artist Quick Draw: Friday, December 7, 2012.

History Discussion Group: Thursday, December 13, 2012

History Discussion Group: Thursday, January 10, 2013

Annual Patron/Donor Appreciation Party private performance of Groovin’ with the Wolfman: Music of the 60s and 70s: By invitation only Friday, January 18, 2013.

Public Performance of Groovin’ with the Wolfman: Music of the 60s and 70s: Saturday, January 19, 2013. Tickets Museum Members $10 and Non-Members $15.

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

History Discussion Group: Thursday, February 21, 2013

Washakie Museum Annual Board Meeting: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.

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, 2013.

History Discussion Group: Thursday, March 14, 2013

Forever Plaid community musical: Friday & Saturday, April 5 & 6, 2013.

History Discussion Group: Thursday, April 11, 2013

4th Grade History Day: April 18, 2013

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon: April 25, 2013

All School Art Show: Tuesday, May 7 through Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Opening Reception: May 9, 2013.

Spring Luncheon: Saturday, May 11, 2013

History Discussion Group: Thursday, May 16, 2013

Fight for Dominance Temporary Exhibit: Thursday, May 30 through Saturday, August 24, 2013.

MUSEUM FACILITY RENTALS: Episcopal Church Convention: Friday & Saturday, October 5 & 6. Department of State Parks: Friday, October 26 Psalm Choir Christmas Concert: Sunday, December 23 Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting: Tuesday, February 26


WASHAKIE MUSEUM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS September 2012 — September 2013

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

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

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 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID

WORLAND, WY PERMIT NO. 4

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

www.washakiemuseum.org

2200 Big Horn Avenue Worland WY 82401 Phone: (307) 347-4102 Fax: (307) 347-4865

STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (307) 347-4102 Cheryl Reichelt, Executive Director [email protected] Robert Stottler, Curator [email protected] Cheri Shelp, Education and Special Events [email protected] Leah Stabenow, Assistant Curator [email protected] Sherryl Ferguson, Performing Arts [email protected] Robyn Goforth, Collections and Grant Writer [email protected] Brian Bower, Technician Darlene Hill, Receptionist Loren Martinez, Maintenance Cheri Outland, Administrative Assistant

Hi , I am Sister Mary Annette! Mother Superior says I am somewhat rude and obnoxious; however, I sing like an angel and I am definitely a star in the show! Be sure to get your Nunsense tickets so you don’t miss seeing me on November 2 and 3, 2012.

Ticket Information:

$30 for Museum Museum $35 for Non-Members

Available at the Washakie Museum or

with a credit card by calling the Museum at 347-4102

Documents

WASHAKIE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER Mammoth News€¦ · ruisin’ the Fossil Freeway was organized by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington in collaboration