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Ghost Towns and Tales of Our Forgotten Past offers a glimpse of Wyoming life that has disappeared, leaving behind few footprints of these early Big Horn Basin settlements. This exhibit focuses on the once bustling mine settlements of the late 1800s such as Kirwin, Gebo, and Lost Cabin, and illustrates the torrid history of Arland, one of Wyoming’s roughest towns. Explore the ancient history of Wyoming’s earliest Medicine Wheel residents, as well as the more recent history of Japanese Americans relocated to Heart Mountain in the early 1940s. Examine the ghost-like imprints these abandoned locations left behind through artifacts, oral histories, newspaper articles, and photographs—all of which we have woven together and displayed with visuals and text panels. We hope you will be intrigued and inspired to take your own journey to some of these locations which can still be

explored today.

Summer Youth Programs at the Washakie Museum

WASHAKIE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER May 2017 Issue 42

Tales of Our Forgotten Past and Silkscreen Indian Tipis

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Friday Night Wine Down Artist Kent Richins

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Youth Workshops and Summer Camps

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Paleontology/Archaeology Symposium

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The Sound of Music 7

Oral History Snippets: Leah Piel

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Calendar of Events 11

Inside this issue:

Temporary History Exhibition Opening Reception June 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Ghost Towns & Tipis

June 5-8

Ages: K-5th Grade

Owl Creek Coal Company Blacksmith shop in Gebo, WY (circa 1920's)

Pictured are blacksmiths Eli Talovich and Ray Dickey

Theatre Skills Camp June 12 to 16

Ages: 9-18

Musical Theatre Intensive June 9, June 12—July 1

Ages: 9-18

Kent Richins has been painting as a hobby since he was six years old and has produced approximately 215 oil and 85 watercolor paintings. Kent states, “I have had no formal painting education and have learned by trial and mostly error.” His work has been exhibited in numerous shows and has received various awards. He typically paints people, wildlife, landscapes, outer space, abstract, and an occasional nude. Many of his landscapes are “Plein-Air” pieces (painted outdoors on location). He especially enjoys painting with watercolors while backpacking in the Big Horn Mountains. His paintings range from

very detailed brush work to bold thick abstracts created with palette knives. Most pieces are of personal subject matters. Kent also produces 3-D pieces using natural substances such as wood and rocks to create depictions of landscapes. He uses art as an escape and way to express himself. His oil paintings are generally priced between $500.00 and $5,000.00.

Friday, May 19, 2017 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar Art Available for Purchase Entertainment by Jazz Musicians Erik Olson & Alex Nauman Members Free, General Public $10

Major Sponsors: Jim Davis Memorial Fund, Wyoming Arts Council Sponsors: ANB Bank, Kent and Rosie Richins, Tom and Laura McDonald, Sheaff Properties/George and Carol Sheaff,

Herzberg Hideaway/Lloyd and Donna Nielson, Red Reflet Guest Ranch/Robert and Laurence Kaplan

with Blackfeet Indian Tipis: Design and Legend In addition to the “Ghost Towns and Tales of Our Forgotten Past” exhibit, the Washakie Museum will open an exhibit on loan from the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s Regional Touring Exhibition Service. “Blackfeet Indian Tipis: Design and Legend” featuring silkscreen tipis by American Artist Jessie Wilber (1912-1989) will open June 1 and be on display through September 30.

The painted tipi was an important traditional art form among most American Indian Plains tribes. With the destruction of the great buffalo herds in the latter part of the 19th century, and the change from buffalo cow-hide tipis to canvas tipis, the tradition died out except among the Blackfeet. Tipis were of religious significance, being part of a complex of sacred objects, rituals, and taboos surrounding the American Indian owners as long as they possessed them. According to the original legends, many painted tipis were given to their first American Indian owners in dreams or visions. “Blackfeet Indian Tipis: Design and Legend” is a portfolio of twenty-six tipis, of which a selection is on view, observed at the encampments of the Blackfeet or Blood Reserves in 1944 or 45,

at the time of the annual Sun Dance in early July. In producing the silkscreen plates for this collection, every effort was made to show the tipis as they were in the mid-1940s when the original data was collected.

Jessie Wilber Yellow Otter Tipi, Owner Unknown (Observed at Blood Encampment near Cardston, Alberta, 1944)

Major Sponsor: Kings Carpet One / Kathy Mercado, Wyoming Arts Council Sponsors: Casper Antique and Collectors Club, Inc., David and Sheila Duffy, and Gabbard Family Foundation

Sponsorships through Membership: Richard and Liisa McKamey, Walter and Gail Schwede,

Martenson Partnership: Elaine Decker, Shirley Knight, and Louise Gilman, and Dr. Bob and Ruth Gonnion Bayuk

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Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon Ages: 10 to 18 - Museum Member $10 - General Public $15

Refreshments provided

To register call 347-4102 or email [email protected] Registration Deadline May 5, 2017

Summer Art Camp – Ghost Towns and Tipis

June 5-8, 2017

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Ages: K-5th grades

Cost per student: $35 Museum Member/$40 General Public

In recognition of Ghost Towns plus the Blackfeet Indian silkscreen tipis, the staff at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center have

planned a fun-filled summer art program for children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Participating youth will learn silk screen

printing from artist Victoria Frisbee by creating a tipi cover that coincides with Blackfeet Indian lore. Art education coordinator Melissa

Neylon will lead tipi and ghost town construction. In addition, Chef Katy Hayes will help students create foods related to local ghost

town settlements. Limited to 30 students. Participant fees cover supply costs and snacks. To guarantee a spot, please register by

calling the museum at 347-4102 or email [email protected].

Theatre Skills Camp

June 12-16, 2017 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Ages: 9-18

$20 Museum Member - $25 General Public This morning camp will focus on learning theatre skills, creating props,

working with costumes, or constructing set pieces which will be used for

the Willy Wonka, Jr. performance. Cost is for Theatre Skills Camp only.

Musical Theatre Intensive Includes:

Audition Workshop, June 9, 9:00 am-3:00 pm Theatre Skills Camp (see above), June 12-16

Full-Scale Production of Willy Wonka, Jr.

Auditions and Rehearsals June 12-16, 1:00-3:00 pm

June 19-23, 26-30, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Performances June 30, 7:00 pm and July 1, 1:00 pm

Ages: 9-18

$145 Museum Members - $150 General Public

For more information and to register, call Melissa Neylon at 347-4102 or email [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Save the Date - Tuesday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m. in Sanders Park - FREE to the Public One of the most popular events of the summer. Plan to join family, friends, and neighbors for a fun-filled evening of professional

theatre in the park. MSIP now in its 45th year, will be presenting the comedy “You Never Can Tell” presented FREE of charge to the community by the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center. Watch for further information.


Thanks to a donation from the Newell B. Sargent Foundation and a generous community, the Museum has raised $20,325 toward its project to enhance the Ancient Basin permanent exhibitions to include a replica Sheepeater’s bow created by Tom Lucas of DuBois, new interpretive slopers, a mural, atlatl remounted by Dr. George Frison to a paleo-Indian reproduction, and several other items. The overall goal for the project is to professionally and accurately present local archaeology and history to educate and engage visitors, and increase visitors to Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. The Museum is hoping to receive the additional funds and be able to start the project mid-summer. Dr. Frison was instrumental in the original design of the Paleo-Indian mammoth exhibition, and the Sheepeater’s

Lodge is dedicated to the memory of Jean E. Bailey Healy who was instrumental in acquiring the lodge for the Museum.

Adult Art Workshop Saturday, May 20, 10am-12pm $40 Members $45 General Public

Refreshments provided

To register call 347-4102 or email [email protected] Registration Deadline May 10, 2017


The Washakie Museum is excited to add to our collection a check signed by the town’s founder, Charles H. Worland. The check was donated to the museum in March by Bryce S. Bertram of Columbia Falls, Montana. The earliest date on the check is 1898, and while we do not know what the payment was for, we do know that it went through Big Timber National Bank. Thanks to our friends at the Crazy Mountain Museum in Big Timber, we know the bank was established in 1891 and it has gone through several changes and has been the site of the Timber Bar since 1957. Another point of interest is the red stamp in the bottom left-hand corner. It is an Internal Revenue Stamp, a way of proving taxes paid on taxable items established during the Civil War. While there are many interesting facets to this artifact, its connection to Worland and Daddy

Worland’s signature make it a great new addition to the museum’s collection.

The Washakie Museum is happy to announce our second ever Paleontology and Archaeology Symposium on Saturday, July 15, 2017 from 9:00am-4:30pm. The day will be filled with talks from some of the most prolific scientists studying and

researching in the Big Horn Basin.

Guest speakers include: Dr. George Frison, Dr. Danny Walker, Dr. Andrew Rossi, Dr. Larry Todd, Dr. Scott Wing, Dr. Brent Briethaupt, Dr. Jason Schein, Dr. Ellen Currano, Dr. Todd Surovill, Dr. Gary Johnson, and more to come! Lectures will range from Dr. Frison’s work on Paleo-Indian sites in the Big Horn Basin, to taphonomy of the late

Pleistocene Dicrostonyx from Wyoming, to documenting articular end breakage in the bison jump site.

Join us at the Washakie Museum for a day of educational lectures and a lunch provided by the Museum. This symposium

is free to the public.

Thank You to Our Sponsors : Claire Dunne, Fran and Diana Scranton, Cathy Healy,

Ron’s Sanitation/Ron and JaDee Harvey, Noble and Rebecca Fowler, Chuck and Sherrie Glade, Barbara Vietti,

Jeffrey Gilman, MD, and the Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine

A special thank you to Mike Bies for helping to organize this event.

RENEWING AND NEW MEMBERS:

Cloud Peak Society Hedge Music/Dan and Nancy Frederick

Nowood Society Herzberg Hideaway Guesthouse/

Lloyd and Donna Nielson

Meadowlark Society David and Charleen Hamilton

Tom and Laura McDonald

Pronghorn Society David Asay

Helen Bonine Landis and Janet Benson

Kerry and Glo Clark Steven and Carole Grosch

Jim and Jane O’Connor Fran and Diana Scranton

Stan and Barb Smith David and Diana Veile

Gooseberry Society ANB Bank/Duane Whitlock

The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee

Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

Paintbrush Society Jim and Iris Bell

Gordon and Dolly Maxwell Paul and Sharon Ostrander

Roxie Shepperd

Cottonwood Society Farmers Insurance/Lisa Beamer Agency

Sheaff Properties/George and Carol Sheaff

Alfalfa Club: Lloyd Craft Farms/Lloyd & Terri Craft

Mammoth Individual & Family Ruth Bower

Alan and Robin Brown Karen Devish

David and Sheila Duffy Don and Mary Jo Fowler

Jeffrey Gilman, MD Merl and Caroline Gipson

Ruby Green Aaron Grosch

Sam and Phyllis Hampton John and Alice Leadbeater Bill and Deanna LeBarron

Theresa Livingston Wayne Miller and Janis Brumbaugh

Harry and Donna Moberly Tom and Linda Moss

Jeffrey Paris

Kent and Rosie Richins Julie Robinson

Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger Frieda Scheuerman Dolores Van Dusen

Barbara Vietti Goldie Warren

Ken and Lori Westphal Eula Jene Willard

Individual and Family Phil and Lisa Beamer

Alan and Linda Bessler Glenda Blake Denny Bryant

Dean and Susan Carrell Dave Clark

Judy Council Mandy Feather Kelley Ferguson

Loree Fesenmeyer Vicky Gopp

Sally Grooms Hank and Caroline Hansen William and Karen Hayes Gloria Johnson-Phillips Loren and Elaine Laird

Phyllis Lewis George and Margaret McClellan

Neil and Jennifer Miller Rich and Sue Page

Janis Palmer Cynthia Pfeiffer

Dan and Kay Scheuerman Angela Siems

Joe and Donna Simonson Charles and Debbrah Swick

Dorothy Taylor

DONORS:

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF JERI BOSTROM: Thomas and Amy Allen

Benevity Landis and Janet Benson

Ray and Marlene Bower, Jr. Kerry and Glo Clark Roy and Caryl Cline

Ed and Rebecca Cooper John and Susan Cowger

Double 4 Foundation/Dave and Melanie True Jean Fromm

David and Charleen Hamilton Greg and Debbie Hammons

Cathy Healy Terrel and Carol Key

Carol Ledbetter John and Catherine MacPherson

Richard and Liisa McKamey Kim and Gary Negich

Gordon and Reba Neumann NOLS

Janis Palmer Kent and Rosie Richins

Kathleen Rile Patrick and Sandy Ross

Richard Scarlet III George and Carol Sheaff

Roxie Shepperd Harry Ujifusa, Jr.

University of Wyoming Foundation John and Joyce Vandel

Patrick Venta Ken and Lori Westphal

Marty and Rosemary Zais

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF GEORGIA ST CLAIR: Thomas Bower

Century 21 BHJ Realty Greg and Debbie Hammons

Cathy Healy Jack Pelissier

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF ROGER YOUTZ: Susan Weeg

Stephen Weeg and Nancy Greco

FAREWELL TO PROHIBITION: One-Eyed Buffalo Brewery

TALES OF THE FORGOTTEN PAST SUMMER 2017 EXHIBITION:

King’s Carpet One / Kathy Mercado In Memory of Charlotte Asay

Harry and Donna Moberly Jim and Jane O’Connor

Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

PALEONTOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine

Barb Vietti

EXHIBITION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT: Farmers Insurance Lisa Beamer Agency

Sam and Phyllis Hampton Hasco Industrial Supply/William and Sandy Smith

LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITIONS: ANB Bank

Herzberg Hideaway Guesthouse/ Lloyd and Donna Nielson

KENT RICHINS ART EXHIBIT: George and Carol Sheaff

MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: Landis and Janet Benson

SOUND OF MUSIC FALL 2017: Dan and Nancy Frederick/Hedge Music

Steven and Carole Grosch David and Charleen Hamilton


March 2017 Missoula Children’s Theatre “The Tortoise vs. The Hare” cast photograph

(compliments of David Huber Photography). Thank you to Washakie County School

District #1 for partnering with the Washakie Museum to bring this wonderful program to

Worland. Thank you to Nelson & Page Dental for sponsoring the cast pizza party.


Large Cast Requirements: 3 Women, 5 Girls (ages 5-16), 2 Men, and 2 Boys (ages 11-14), neighbors, nuns, and Festival Contestants, and other roles.

Audition Dates: Saturday, August 26 from10:00 am to Noon and 1:00 to 3:00 pm Monday, August 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm

Rehearsals: 6 weeks from September 18 to October 26 usually on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings with Saturdays as needed.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the Worland Middle School Auditorium Rodgers and Hammerstein’s

Volunteers are needed for set design, set construction, costume coordinators, and choreography.

The Museum is in need of host families for a seven-week period beginning September 10 and ending October 30. Meals and transportation are the responsibility of the director and not the host family. You may take 1 week or more of the needed seven week period.

A local cast production of the Sound of Music is coming this fall!

BLACK TIE TO BLUE JEANS 2018: Landis and Janet Benson

Ruth Bower Kerry and Glo Clark

Dan and Nancy Frederick/Hedge Music Aaron Grosch

Steven and Carole Grosch David and Charleen Hamilton

Tom and Laura McDonald Herzberg Hideaway Guesthouse/

Lloyd and Donna Nielson Roxie Shepperd

Stan and Barb Smith David and Diana Veile

THE POWER OF CHILDREN EXHIBITION: Helen Bonine

Dan and Nancy Frederick/Hedge Music Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee

DIGGING & DISCOVER ARCHAEOLOGY

2018 EXHIBITION: Fran and Diana Scranton

YOUTH SUMMER PERFORMING ARTS CAMP & OTHER YOUTH EDUCATION PRGRAMS:

Wyoming Community Foundation Anonymous Sponsor

Jim and Iris Bell David and Charleen Hamilton

Tom and Laura McDonald Herzberg Hideaway Guesthouse/

Lloyd and Donna Nielson Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS:

Brian Edholm, Nick Neylon, Jessie Frisbee, and Sean McKinley for loading Spirited: Prohibition for shipping.

To Julie Robinson, Caroline Hanson, and Chuck Glade for staffing the Reception Desk

Chuck and Sherrie Glade for the storage facility

Marsha Hill for helping with the oral histories.

Julie Robinson for working the reception desk for Farewell to Prohibition

Breece Ferguson for creating the MCT DVD and Julie Robinson for helping with the Performances

Worland Cleaners & Supply for cleaning the Museum mats and mops each week

The BLM for the new projector screen

Nick Neylon for working Claire Dunne’s Farewell

Nick Neylon and Claire Neylon for helping with Denise Ferguson’s Art Exhibition Opening

GROWING UP IN WYOMING

Narrated by Leah Piel of Worland Wyoming

Interviewer: Marian Eulberg

Date of Interview: February 5, 1994.

PIEL: The folks were one of several Russian-German people that really wanted to come to the United States after they had heard about the opportunities that were available here in this country. They were really depressed out there. Nobody had anything. Nobody knew where to go.

So, my father decided that it was time they came. So, there was about 13 or 14 families that came to the United States about the same time. My father, Jacob Schneider, Sr. landed in New York harbor in the year 1909. I don't know how long he was in New York, but he left there as soon as he could because he knew he had relatives in Kansas.

So he went to Kansas because he couldn't talk English. He had to go somewhere where he knew somebody. He worked in the grain fields and in blacksmith shops. He also worked in the roundhouses and repaired locomotives and things, and tried to make some money. After a couple of months, they knew he was an honest man. He established his credit, so he did go ahead and borrow some money and sent for his wife which was still in Germany.

She came to America in 1909 and joined Dad in Kansas. They worked for many years out in the fields. About a year later my brother Jake Jr. was born. A year after that, my brother Alec, too. Then they worked in the beet fields - Holly needed workers. They sent them to Nisland, South Dakota. They worked in the fields there. Dad also had a blacksmith shop there.

(Piel was only three years old when her family of eight arrived in Worland. It was early in March and awfully cold in beet worker houses or shacks, as she called them. So, the family stayed in town at the Dorfman Hotel until it was warm enough to move seven miles north of Worland on the John Deer farm, where she started her life in Wyoming.)

(Childhood memories described by Piel:)

At night, early in the evening, after the dishes were done, we were free to really do what we wanted to. The boys had made little toys of their own. They made these little cars out of spools. They put rubber through the center of them and soap on one end to make it slick. They'd have to wet it. Then a match and a washer on the other end. They would wind up this rubber and they would have wrecks. They'd laugh. Those little things would turn upside down and lot of them, they'd wind them so hard that the rubber would break and they'd have to repair them again.

They had other things they did, like making slingshots which got them into nothing but trouble because the folks absolutely would not let them use them in the house. But, anyhow, those guys did entertain themselves with other things.

Us girls – we ruined more catalogs that really belonged out in the outhouse because that's all we had was outhouses and catalogs. Sears, Montgomery Ward. We took the little paper dolls, especially the colored ones, we cut them all out. They were our families. They were named and we knew each one by heart. We would make little rooms in the corner of the room in the evening. We didn't have much light because all we had was kerosene lamps and you couldn't turn them up very high because those chimneys would turn black immediately. So, we didn't have much light.

But we sat in those corners and we played with our dolls. We had regular families. We'd go visit each other, just like the folks did. We would even have horses and buggies and visit each other in these families.

Mom would save all her sunflower seeds and her pumpkin seeds and she would give those to us in the evening. Oh, we loved those. They were roasted, salted and roasted and she would have to dole them out to us because we would never have stopped eating them. We would take those little pumpkin seeds and we would divide our rooms with those little pumpkin seeds. When we got through playing with them, we ate them.

We had other games, of course, that we played in the daylight. We had our hopscotch. We played pum pum pull-away. We played Handy I Over, which was throwing the ball over the house and the other side would catch it, come around, and try to catch us. Pretty soon, one side had all of the players and then we'd have to stop.

We also played this same game, Handy I Over, in school. I can remember we had a long school building that was the bus building. We would throw these balls over the top of the building and the other side would catch them. It was a good school time, too.

There's one incident I'd like to tell about. While we were going to school at this South Flat school, one day, Mary didn't go to school. The teacher asked why Mary wasn't in school. Well, we said, Mary really wasn't feeling well. Well, what had happened actually - we always had to make a big barrel of sauerkraut every fall. This sauerkraut was tramped by the child that was nearest the weight that was right to crush this sauerkraut, tramping, tramping, tramping.

They used these sauerkraut cutters, then when they had a big dishpan full of cabbage, they would dump it into this and the person that was standing in this barrel at the time would have to move to the side, more salt was added, and then tramp, tramp, tramp. Really wasn't with bare feet. I think in the earlier days before I even knew it, I think they probably did. But now we used overshoes. The folks had a pair of shoes or over-boots that would fit this certain person that was the right weight to tramp the sauerkraut.

Well, the teacher really felt bad because Mary was sick so he was going to come. It was Mr. Capsey at that time. He was going to come down and see Mary and feel sorry for her. He found her in the sauerkraut barrel. We were all so embarrassed because we were still going to school. And Mary in that sauerkraut barrel and Gerald Capsey coming to see her. That was just one other little deal that we had to do on the farm that children nowadays never think of doing, tromping sauerkraut.

Us three girls growing up about this time and we weren't ornery, but we really had good times together. One of the things that we did, we'd go out into this outhouse. We had a little stool that sat in there, so the three of us could sit, the two-holer and stool. The girls had beautiful voices. My voice wasn't really very good, but Mary's and Rachel's were nice voices. I was the announcer because I didn't sing with them. But we had radio stations. “This is station O-U-T-house.


And now the girls will sing so-and-so.” They would sing and we would laugh and have the grandest time. But we were singing in that outhouse.

(Piel talking about her older brother Jake’s wedding:)

They would take these big sacks of flour and take them to various German families that lived in the area. There were a lot of them because they also had children that went out and worked in the fields like we did. We knew all these German people. The folks would take these big sacks of flour and yeast and whatever it took, eggs I suppose, to make these big huge loaves of bread which were later formed into butter balls. They would take the bread, after they took all of the old crusts off, put it between their palms and rub it until it was really fine to where they could put it through colanders. After they had tubs of this fine bread, then eggs and butter, once in a while a little bit of cream was added to this and they mixed it to where it was almost like bread dough. Stiffer than bread dough, but you had to roll it in your palms then and they made butter balls. They made tubs of these butter balls.

Then they took eggs and some more flour to other people that probably didn't make the butter balls because that was a big job in itself. It was a big job. They'd take it to these other people, and they'd make noodles and noodles and noodles. We needed lots of noodles, lots of butter balls for this wedding, big wedding that was going to take place.

Also, they brought the chickens. I know we had chickens in town, but whether they were some of our own at the time that were butchered by other families, cleaned nicely and brought in. They were boiled for the chicken broth to make all of this noodle soup. Besides the noodle soup that was served at this big wedding, they had big roasters of meat, beef that was made into big pot roasts. And any kind of vegetable that you might have ever raised in a garden was also available for this big meal because we had the whole town there.

There were people from all over, outlying farms, everybody. Even the marshals and the sheriffs and everyone else, the law officers. So, they were all there at this wedding.

When they went to the church to get married, it wasn't like these other churches. But first I have to tell you about the church invitations that went out. They had these big long canes. I don't know whether they made them special for this because I'm sure that they were longer than a normal cane. They went to all of these people and invited them.

Everybody in town was invited, of course, but these were special. They would go to these people's places and if they accepted and said they were coming to the wedding, they would tie ribbons on this cane. And we had ribbons, I don't know how many times they went out, but these guys were glad to go out because they always got a little sip of whiskey, maybe one or two, maybe even three. Because by the time they came home at night, there might not have been as many ribbons but, oh, they were feeling good.

So, next day, they'd go back out again and the same thing would happen. If someone that probably couldn't go to the wedding, someone that probably thought maybe I'm not going or wasn't feeling well, they would tie another ribbon of some kind on another cane. There weren't very many ribbons on that cane because everybody came.

So, the day of the wedding finally came. When the bride and groom marched into the church – the bride was not given away by her father like it is now. The groom was not standing at the end, up by the altar waiting for his bride to come in. They came in together. She was on the arm of her groom. They came into the church, after the church services on a Sunday morning. The preacher had his regular sermon, and after the whole sermon and everything was over with, then the doors were opened and the bride and the groom marched up the aisle

and the whole congregations sang, “Take Thou My Hand and Lead Me.” They sang it in German, and this was the traditional wedding march at that time.

So, they went up in front of the church. The preacher gave the sermon, the “I do's” and everything else in German. Alice didn't even know German, but she was married in the German church by the German preacher in the German language. But she understood all of this.

Then after the sermon was over, then came the big celebration. All of this eating, all of the drinking. And then they had hired this big band from Billings. They came with their accordions, their violins and whatever they had in this German band. And the dancing started after the big meal was over with.

That poor bride danced for three days. They pinned money on her. Anyone that wanted to dance with her, they couldn't dance with the bride unless they pinned money on her. So, she danced for three days. Her poor feet, they weren't her own after that. Her slippers, when she used them, after she couldn't even get into them anymore, were taken around to the crowd and they would put money into these slippers for her, maybe to buy another pair of shoes, I don't know. But it was for the bride anyway.

The cooks that were involved in this three-day feeding. We were feasting and eating for three days, too. Not only dancing. They were really having a ball. And these poor cooks, they were as frazzled as the bride. They would wrap one of their hands, usually the left hand, in great big bandages, and they'd go around with an old battered up pan and they would collect from the crowd to help them, I suppose, heal their poor injured hands, that weren't injured at all, but they felt they did.

The wedding went on for so long. After three days, they finally shut it off. The poor bride was just about done for.

(We hope you enjoyed these “snippets” from the oral history of Leah Piel. The complete story is 30 pages long and filled with wonderful memories from her life in

Worland.)


A big thank you to Wyoming Whiskey distiller, Sam Mead,

who gave an educational talk about the history of whiskey

and the fundamentals of making malt whiskey. Thanks to

One-Eyed Buffalo Brewery of Thermopolis who sponsored

Farewell to Prohibition.

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

John and Margaret Shaw Hedge Music/Radio Shack/ Dan and Nancy Frederick

Jadeco, Inc./Brad and Leslie Basse/ Brennen and Ciciley Basse

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Rolling Hills Trucking/Larry and Anne Hill

US Bank/Laura Brown

Nowood Society ($1,000-$1,499): Herzberg Hideaway Guest House/

Lloyd and Donna Nielson RT Communications/Becky Dooley

Gooseberry Society ($500-$999):

ANB Bank/Duane Whitlock Ron’s Sanitation/Ron & JaDee Harvey

Security State Bank/Doug & Audra Crouse Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine

Worland Cleaners/Dan and Gail Dover Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

Cottonwood Society ($250-$499):

Casper Antiques and Collector’s Club, Inc. Cloud Peak Chiropractic/

Sarah & Steve Radabaugh Farmers Insurance Lisa Beamer Agency My Little Spot/Bob & Janie Richardson

Sheaff Properties/George and Carol Sheaff

Sundance Society ($1,500+) David Bostrom

Mike and Sarah Healy Denis Kerasotes

Richard and Liisa McKamey

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

David and Charleen Hamilton Tom and Laura McDonald

Gordon and Reba Neumann Dr. John W. and Christiane Gee Porter

Eloise Shaw

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

Landis and Janet Benson Carl and Barbara Berryman

Helen Bonine Kerry and Glo Clark

Mike and Tiffany Greear Steven and Carole Grosch

Robert and Laurence Kaplan Roger and Martha Lawley

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

Jim and Jane O’Connor Rob, Karan, and Jodi Pennock

Walter and Gail Schwede Fran and Diana Scranton Stan and Barbara Smith

Wendy Press Sweeny, Attorney at Law, PC David and Diana Veile

Paintbrush Society ($300 to $499):

Dr. Bob and Ruth Gonnion Bayuk Jim and Iris Bell

George and Mary Evelyn Bower Steve and Laura Brown John and Celia Davis

Duane and Cathy Groshart Gordon and Dolly Maxwell

McGarvin & Taylor, Inc. Paul and Sharon Ostrander

Roxie Shepperd

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

Stanton and Linda Abell, Jr. Linda Anderson

Sam and Cheryle Angelo Mike and Carolyn Bies Frank and Karla Bird

Ruth Bower Alan and Robin Brown

Mike and Cheri Bundren Carolyn Christenson

Elizabeth Christy Circle J Retreat Camp

Carl and Candace Cottrell Lloyd Craft Farms/Lloyd & Terri Craft

Karen Devish David and Sheila Duffy

Claire Dunne Edward and Rita Farmer

Lori Feather Gard and Brenda Ferguson

Don and Mary Jo Fowler Noble and Rebecca Fowler

Sandy Francis William and Lila Gabbard

Jeffrey Gilman, M.D. Dr. Jim Gilman

Charles and Vasca Gilmore Caroline Gipson

Chuck and Sherrie Glade Sally Graham Ruby Green

Aaron Grosch Bunny (Mary) Haines

Lee Haines Randall and Mary Jo Hake

Pat Hall Sam and Phyllis Hampton

John and Donna Harrington Tom and Patty Harrington

Archie Harvard Shawna Hastings

Cathy Healy Larry and Nancy Heiser

Janet Heron David Huber Photography David and Cindy Huhnke

Marilyn Husman Doug and Debbie Johnson

Paul and Kari Keller Joe Kelley and Jacque McCoughlan

Ron and Lynn Krei Alice Lass

John and Alice Leadbeater Bill and Deanna LeBarron

Frank and Vicki Ley Theresa Livingston

Edward and Rebecca Luhm Lew and Penny Markley

Dan and Julie Mattis Don and Carol McCormac

Rob and Kathy McGee Deloris Mead

Kathy Mercado Dan Miller

Gary and Laure Mitchell Harry and Donna Moberly

Margie Molitor Tom and Linda Moss Jim and Heidi Nelson

Ron and Kathie Nomura Kent and Jo Orchard

Brian Ostrander Jeffrey Paris

Scott and Harriett Paris Jacque Pike

Ted and Kathy Propp Louis and Ann Rankine

Betty Richins Kent A. and Rosie R. Richins

Phil Roberts - Wyoming Almanac Julie Robinson

Rocky Mountain Framing/Danielle Earl James and Phyllis Roseberry Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger

Dorothy Scheuerman Frieda Scheuerman

David and Nancy Schlothauer Richard and Helen Schoeler Gene and Bonnie Schreibeis

Jennifer Simmons and Ryan Baumeister Clara Lou Smith

Ron and Linda Sopko Daryl and June Stilwell Dan and Susie Stine Jack and Julie Stott

Bob and Sherry Stottler Gary and Laura Sutherland Robert and DeeAnn Thorne

Terrence and Cathy Tommerup Derek and Heather Trauntvein

Dolores Van Dusen Barbara Vietti Goldie Warren Maxine Watson

Marilyn Weaver and Dean Frederick Christine Weber

Ken and Lori Westphal Lewis and Susan Wiley

Eula Jene Willard James and Terry Wilson Milton and Joan Woods

The Woosley Family


Artist Denise Ferguson Pastel Exhibit: Artworks on display

and for sale through May 13.

All School Art Show Exhibition Opening: Thursday, May 4

from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Featuring art from Worland and Ten

Sleep Schools. Art on display through May 20.

History Discussion Group - Homesteading in the Big Horn

Basin & Wyoming: Thursday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.

Youth Art Workshop with Pastel Artist and Instructor Denise

Ferguson: Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to noon. Registration

deadline: May 5.

Friday Night Wine Down featuring Artist Kent Richins:

Friday, May 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Artworks on display

through June 18.

Caroline Lockhart Ranch field trip: Saturday, May 20. Join

History Discussion Group members on an excursion to the

Lockhart Ranch near Lovell. Call Rebecca or Bob at the

museum for more information.

Adult Palette Knife Oil Painting Workshop with Artist and

Instructor Kent Richins: Saturday, May 20, 10:00 to noon.

Dual Exhibit Opening Reception: “Ghost Towns and Tales

of Our Forgotten Past” created by Washakie Museum’s

curatorial staff, and “Black Feet Indian Tipi Silkscreens by

Jessie Wilbur” on loan from the University of Wyoming:

Thursday, June 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Youth Summer Art Camp: June 5-8 from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

Ages K-5. Ghost Towns and Tipis theme.

Youth Performing Arts Audition Workshop: June 9 from 9:00

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Limited to students enrolled in the Musical

Theatre Intensive “Willy Wonka, Jr.” camp.

Youth Theatre Skills Camp: June 12-16 from 9:00 a.m. to

noon. Ages 9-18. A Willy Wonka themed camp with classes

focused on costumes, props, makeup, and sets.

Youth Musical Theatre Intensive: June 9 to July 1. Ages 9-18.

Includes Audition Workshop, Theatre Skills Camp, and “Willy

Wonka, Jr.” musical production.

“Willy Wonka, Jr.” Public Performances: Friday, June 30 at

7:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 1 at 1:00 p.m. Washakie Museum.

Class of 1967 Class Reunion: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Private

Party.

Paleontology/Archaeology Symposium: Saturday, July 15.

Featuring paleontologists and archaeologists from around the

nation presenting their latest research. FREE to the public.

Wyoming Fish & Game Meetings: Monday, July 17 to

Thursday, July 20. Private meetings.

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: You Never Can Tell

comedy performance in Sanders Park, Worland on Tuesday, July

18 at 6:00 p.m. FREE to the public.

Class of 1957 Reunion Dinner: Saturday, August 20 from 5:00

p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Private Party.

“The Sound of Music” Community Musical Theatre

Auditions: Saturday, August 26 from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00

to 3:00 p.m.; Monday, August 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.; and

Tuesday, August 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

100 Years of Wyoming Sugar: Opening September 7.

Exhibition featuring photographs and artifacts from the sugar

factory.

WCSD#1 Teachers Meeting: Monday, September 18. Private

meeting.

Fall Community Musical Theatre “The Sound of Music”

performances: Friday, October 27 & Saturday, October 28 at

the Worland Middle School Auditorium.

6th Annual Mammoth Quick Draw: Friday, November 10 from

5:30 to 10:00 p.m. featuring 30+ artists demonstrations,

entertainment, and dinner. In partnership with the Worland Rotary

Club. All-Inclusive Tickets $40 per person.

The Power of Children: Making a Difference: NEH on the

Road Traveling Exhibition. Opening Reception: Thursday,

February 1, 2018. On display through March 16.

Black Tie to Blue Jeans: Heartbeats and Drumbeats: Friday,

February 16, 2018 from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. featuring fabulous

musical entertainment and an array of gourmet foods.


STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (307) 347-4102 Cheryl Reichelt, Executive Director [email protected] Rebecca Brower, Curator [email protected] Robert Stottler, Retired Curator [email protected] Victoria Frisbee, Assistant Curator [email protected] Sherryl Ferguson, Performing Arts/Membership [email protected] Robyn Irons, Grants & Media Manager [email protected] Katy Hayes, Chef/Accounts Payable [email protected] Melissa Neylon, Youth Education/Events Coordinator [email protected] Julie Edholm, Curatorial Assistant [email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Dan Frederick, President

Martha Lawley, Vice President Rob McGee, Treasurer Sarah Healy, Secretary Christiane Gee Porter

Kari Keller Jim Nelson

Kent Richins Margaret Shaw Charles Smith Janet Benson Leslie Basse

PUBLIC HOURS: Summer: May 15 thru September 15

Monday thru 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.

Winter: September 16 thru May 14 Tuesday thru 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 Family - $25 (Up to 4 Adults + Children)

AAA Members Receive $1.00 Off

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

ADDRESS: 2200 Big Horn Avenue, Worland, WY 82401 WEBSITE: www.washakiemuseum.org

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