Programs this weekend at the Trails Center: March 5-6
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CASPER, Wyo. – Join us at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this weekend, March 5-6, for exciting programs for all ages.
March 5 at 10 a.m.: “Classify Like a Historian” - Grow your young historian’s love of history and critical thinking skills with this fun youth program. Kids will utilize their detective skills to sort and organize clues to answer historical questions. This hands-on activity will last 30 minutes.
March 5 at 1 p.m.: “Nineteenth Century Emigrant Graves of Wyoming” is presented by Visitor Information Specialist Jason Vlcan and focuses on several pioneer graves found in the area. The program will showcase several photographs and images of pioneer graves that are still visible today. According to diaries and journals, thousands of pioneer graves remain on the landscapes near the pioneer trails, but their exact locations remain unknown or unidentified. The few that have been identified and preserved are just a small portion of those who lost their lives on the trails to Oregon, California, and Utah.
March 6 at 1 p.m.: “Personalities of Historic Trails Preservation” - Hear stories about the national and statewide rescue of the fading historic trails with this presentation by Trails Center Park Ranger Kylie L. McCormick. Realizing the Oregon Trail was in danger of being lost, pioneer Ezra Meeker set out in 1906 to rescue the route he first traveled in 1852. Meeker retraced the trail by wagon, car, and plane, paving the way for preservation of the trails. McCormick will recount the determination of Meeker and others to mark the historic trails.
For more information or to learn more about the Trails Center’s weekend programs, please call the Trails Center at (307) 261-7700 or visit https://www.blm.gov/learn/interpretive-centers/national-historic-trails-interpretive-center.
The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center is open 7 days a week from 9 am to 4:30 pm MST.
1501 N Poplar St., Casper, WY 82601.
Admission is Free
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