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Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce
INTRODUCTION
From the Executive Director
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ummer is here! Every year we kick off the season with Lander Brewfest and this year’s festival will be better than ever. This summer we are
moving the event back to City Park and loading it with tons of programming such as: “You Be the Beer Judge” table, Brewers Corner Classes, Beer Trivia, and the Lawn Game Olympics. Between the Fremont Area Road Tour and Wyoming.com’s “Golf with the Brewers”—there is something for everyone and all ages are welcome. In late June we have the Wyoming Outdoor Weekend & Expo: a consumer trade show bringing out thousands of outdoor enthusiasts. Some of our favorite highlights will be outdoor field trips: everything from fly-casting
LANDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 160 North 1st Street Lander, WY 82520 307-332-3892 www.landerchamber.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jeff Young, President Trihydro
Lorielle Morton, Vice President McKee, Marburger & Fagnant, PC
Krista Lobera, Treasurer Holiday Inn Express & Suites
BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Dailey
seminars, exploring the Red Desert, and a mountain bike
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biathlon. Field trip reservations are first-come-first-serve
Susan Weideman
by calling the chamber. Tickets are also available at the door the day of the event. In our first week since Lander Bucks rolled out (our local currency program) we have dispensed hundreds of dollars—money guaranteed to stay in our community. In case you missed May’s newsletter article, Lander Bucks are checks in pre-denominations that are creditable at any Lander Chamber business member. You can even buy Lander Bucks online and have them shipped to your house or ready for pickup at the chamber office. Finally, we are taking the first steps towards assembling a Young Professionals Network to address the needs of the aspirational business community—those whom are early in their careers and are looking for networking, professional development, and career counseling. Brian Fabel Executive Director Lander Chamber of Commerce
Lander Vision Center
Jenna Ackerman The Middle Fork
Margie Rowell
PROFESSIONAL STAFF Brian Fabel Executive Director Carol King Associate Director Jess Rice New Homeowner Rose Burke Event Coordinator
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eviewing the last decade, Fremont County experienced significant growth and received major benefits from tourism, a principal revenue generator in Wind River Country. According to Dean Runyan Associates, “visitors traveling to and throughout Wyoming represent an important component of the state’s economy: business sales, payroll, employment and tax receipts. Many areas in Wyoming consider travel and tourism a primary industry.” The Wyoming Office of Tourism has employed the economic and marketing research firm Dean Runyan Associates for data-mining the “The Economic Impact of Travel on Wyoming”— an analysis of visitor and tourism data statewide and for each county. According to the Wind River Visitors Council, in 2014 Fremont County’s performance ranked #8 out of 23 counties. Fremont County visitors spent $140 million in 2014, a positive growth of $2.3 million since 2013, and an impressive 82% increase since 2000.
Of the $140 million visitor-generated revenue in Fremont County:
TRAVELERS SPENT $140 MILLION
in Fremont County in 2014
- $60 million in sales for gas and lodging - Approximately $20 million in retail purchases
$1.3M Other Travel
$28M Restaurants $1M Air Travel
2 Close to $40 million in dining and groceries
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TOURISTS DOLLARS
$18.6M Shopping
- Over $20 million in arts and recreational activities
$21M Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$19.7M Lodging
$40.5M Gas & Car Rentals $9.6M Grocery & Food Stores
BUSINESS/INDUSTRY
Tourism Report Card 2014
spend because of revenue generated from visitors.) Hard to wrap your brain around millions while you’re What does this mean working with a more modest in 2015? Just remember budget? Try this: For every residents enjoy year$1 spent on lodging, visitors round what visitors have spend an additional $7 in our for only their two-week community. vacation. So, next time you That’s not all: tourism have to wait in line or at creates jobs and living wages the stop light for an extra for year-round residents. In 2014, Fremont County tourism minute, hug a tourist for loving what we get to enjoy alone directly created 1,510 (in part, because of them) jobs and generated $44.5 million in wages. These salaries year-round. We’d like to see are in turn spent in secondary those numbers double again next decade. markets such as contractors, utilities, taxes, and general everyday local living. Tourism tax receipts averaged a savings of $367 per Fremont County household. (That’s local and state taxes we didn’t have to
Photo: Brad Christensen
Chamber Event of the Year
EVENTS
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une is here. Perhaps this single most important thing to do (besides mowing your lawn before it snows again) is pre-purchase tickets to Lander Brewfest. “But why should I commit to something so far off?” So glad we are pretending you asked: TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY LANDER BREWFEST TICKETS RIGHT! NOW! IN! ALL! CAPS!
now. Enlist your tribe. Unbury the lawn chairs. 9. You may be asked out 10. By the time you read by a visiting rugby player this article it is less than two nicknamed “Blazer Guy.” weeks until brewer game True story. time. Block off the weekend 8. Cash-money is so
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1992. Lander Bucks are so 2015. Perhaps you feel less comfortable using the Interwebs for monetary transaction... but you love visiting the chamber and can pre-purchase at the office. We love visitors! (Oh yeah, we’re Lander’s official visitor center. So...that’s a good thing.) 7. Purchasing online means no need for pesky
printers or pieces of paper to lose! You also get the VIP line of WILL CALL. Magic! 6. You want a killer discount on an exclusive 9-hole scramble at the golf course with brewers and an athletic excuse to drink beer in the morning. 5. You are destined for championhood at the Lawn Game Olympics and want to compete with the fiercest of lawn-warriors throughout the Rocky Mountain lands. 4. Get to the boot stompin’ main stage faster: dancing with high-octane new-old-timey bluegrass Spirit Family Reunion (Friday); “ski-bum fashion” reggae with Chanman Roots Band and the unique fusion of every musical genre by Sol Seed (Saturday). 3. Let’s be honest. You only like standing in line with 80 friends when you really have to pee. 2. Two words: City Park. There will be shade and shelter from the elements. You want to guarantee you won’t be turned away at the gates because we sold out. 1. If you purchase your tickets now, receive $5 off, per day, per ticket. Don’t forget to purchase a commemorative Lander Brewfest 2015 full-sized pint glass too for the best pours! See you Friday, June 12 (5-9pm) and Saturday, June 13 (2-7pm). More event information at www.landerchamber.org.
EVENTS
Lander Brewfest 2015
CALENDAR
Calendar of Events JUNE 2, 9, 16, 30 Wind River Casino Northern Arapahoe Native American Song and Dance Peggy @ 307-8405805, 307-855-2600
1-30 Wyoming Art Party Show Lander Art Center. Tu-Tr. 10-6pm, and Fri. and Sat. 10-4pm. 224 Main Street. 332-5772, landerartcenter.com
4 Adventure Trek J.B. Oakies “The Big Teepee” Riverton Museum and WRVC. 11:30am, 707 East Park Riverton. 307856-2665, fremontcountymuseums.com
6 Sinks Canyon Rough and Tumble Trail Runs Two running races, 4 and 11 miles. Lander Running Club, $25/$40 evanr.28@gmail.com
6 Wyoming Free Fishing Day Free fishing throughout Wyoming for residents and non-residents.
12-13 Fremont Toyota Lander Brewfest (Friday 5-9pm) (Saturday 2-7pm) Lander City Park. 25+ brewers and 70+ craft beers, games, live music. All ages welcome. $30/$50 for unlimited beer pass. www.landerbrewfest.com
13 Fremont Area Road Tour Cycling event, 15-100 miles, Lander. 6:30am3pm. 332-3892, landercyclingevents.org
13 WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series Calamity Jane by Glenda Bell. 7pm, 1443 Main St., 307332-3339. fremontcountymuseums.com
13 The Fast and the Furriest 5K/1K
3rd Wednesday 10:30am Fre Co Suicide Prevention Coalition 349-4495 20 Adventure Trek Torrey Basin Petroglyphs, Dubois Museum and WRVC. Thursdays Noon Kiwanis 9am-12pm, 909 W Ramshorn Dubois. 307-455-2284, fremontcountymuseums.com 1:15pm Stroke Support, LRH 7:30pm Marine Corps League 20 Adventure Trek Miner’s Delight 1st Thursday Historic Gold Mining Town, hosted by 6:00 pm Lander Library Friends the Fremont County Pioneer Museum. 10am-2pm. 332-3339, 1443 Main St., fremontcountymuseums.com
25 WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series Living in a Hostile Environment by Marjane Ambler. 7pm, 1443 Main St., 307-332-3339. fremontcountymuseums.com
26-28 First Annual Wyoming Outdoor
2nd and 4th Thursday 7:00 pm Elks Lander Lodge #2317 3rd Friday 11:00 am 7:00 pm
Fre Co Suicide Prevention 349-4495 Senior Center Dance
Weekend & Expo Lander Community Saturdays & Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista. Outdoor skill clinics, field trips, and trade 10:00 am Book Nook on Main Location & Carnegie Room show. 332-9694, wyomingoutdoorexpo.com
REPEATING EVENTS 2nd Sunday 1:00 pm Fre. Co. Historical Society Mondays 9:00 am 11:45 am 4:00 pm 7:00 pm
County Commission Lander Art Guild Book Nook @ The Carnegie VFW Bingo
Tuesdays 6:00 pm City Council 7:30 pm American Legion 3rd Tuesday 2:00 pm City/School Joint Powers Board
5:00 pm Wind River 4x4 Assoc. 2nd Saturday 6:00 pm Scotch tasting, Miners Delight Inn, Atlantic City
COMMUNITY DIGEST Fremont Toyota Lander Brewfest June 12&13 Who: Basically everyone on the planet What: 25+ Rocky Mountain brewers with 70+ craft beverages Where: Lander City Park Why: Because it is the best non- 4th-of-July event of the year How: Buy discounted tickets in advance landerbrewfest.org Wyoming Outdoor Weekend & Expo June 26-28
17, 24 Lander Eagle Spirit Dancers
Wednesdays 7:00 am LEADER 8:00 am MLS, Realtors Noon Rotary 6:00 pm Open Studio, Art Center
Free. Wednesdays. 7-8:30pm, Museum of the American West. 335-8778. museumoftheamericanwest.com
1st Wednesday 7:00 pm Popo Agie Anglers
Why: Wyoming’s only outdoor trade show is now in Lander
Run/Walk $30 registration. Proceeds benefit residents of Fremont County for vetinary care. 7:45am-3pm. CWC, Riverton. fastnfurry.org
19 Fremont County Relay for Life 6pm-Midnight, Riverton High School. Carol Smith, 335-5366.
1st & 3rd Wednesday 6:30 pm Lander Lion’s @ The Oxbow
Who: LEDA presents What: Where:
Outdoor trade show and skills clinic Lander Community & Convention Center
How: Pre-register for classes at the chamber or tickets at the door
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Ambassadors for many outstanding reasons, including its remarkable 35-year collective legacy of service. The Lander Art Center, Children’s Museum, the original community center (tragically lost in a fire in 2012), and the city-gateway bronze sculpture “Round Up” represent a select few community
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ou may know them for their philanthropic brawn, stylishly cut blue blazers, stiff pours of wine, and disarming smiles; many also know them as our warm and modest community champions. Whilst everreluctant to blast their own horns, we are proud to share the Lander Chamber Ambassadors are recipients of a prestigious Community Hero Award from the Wyoming Association of Municipalities. Qu’est que c’est? WAM asked municipalities throughout Wyoming for nominations for individuals, groups, and organizations whose contributions enhance strong communities. The City of Lander nominated the Lander
programs impacted by Lander Ambassadors. Most Ambassadors spend several hours a month volunteering for and personally investing in major events (ISPSSSDR, Cycle Greater Yellowstone, Business After Hours) and independently serve as community leaders. “The Ambassadors are a pretty humble group really…. We frequently volunteer to help at local events and ask for no recognition. We are just proud to be residents of Lander and help when we can to make our community a better place.” [Author note: this is the fifth ambassador who asked to be quoted anonymously. The sentiment of service and dedication is shared unanimously throughout the group.]
AWARDS
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS Chamber Ambassadors Win
Over the years, the volunteer efforts of the Ambassadors have raised over $300,000 to benefit local organizations. Most recently, at the biennial Ambassador Extravaganza, the group raised a ceilingshattering $48,000 to complete the Lander Convention and Community Center (in addition to their participation for $50,000 donated over two years by the Lander Chamber.) A few of these sometimespublicly-shy, yet ever-valiant souls will travel to Cheyenne on June 12th to accept the Community Hero Award at the WAM Convention’s President’s Banquet. Until then, keep an eye out for a tucked-in cape, blue blazer, and a true Lander smile.
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arlier in 2015, when Feike van Dijk read Global Arts was for sale, he made two calls. First he phoned his wife Noelle, just returning from a regular medical appointment in Salt Lake City and researching local galleries. “Get on this,” was her immediate response. Feike called friends Josh and Emily Scheer next. “Is everything okay?” he asked. (Global Arts
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
All Roads Lead to Global Arts each growing up with a unique perspective of the trade. Feike, an exuberant and verbose extrovert, has a business degree and soul of a musician. Noelle, more introspective and quietly passionate, is a painter with a degree in fine arts. Her first consignment was in 2003… at the grand opening of the original Global Arts.
THE LOVE STORY “Drummers never end up with a groupie,” explained Feike. Noelle was attending college in Connecticut, spending holidays with her mother in Lander. The pair met in 2003 when Feike, a full-time musician from the Netherlands, was touring and recording in the United was thriving only after two States. After a two-year long years of Scheer’s ownership.) distance courtship, Feike and Josh’s laugh reassured Feike’s Noelle married and began concern. He explained Emily their lives together on the had an opportunity to pursue east coast. When their first her dream of nursing school. child, Abel, was born in 2008, The van Dijk’s moved quickly Feike and Noelle decided and with almost pre-ordained to raise their family with a certainty. different quality of life in Wyoming: “Close to Noelle’s A LEGACY OF ARTISTS family, a self-sustainable The pair are no strangers to an farm with gardens, poultry, artist’s labor of love: Noelle and and foraging wild asparagus Feike’s parents were both art collectors and antique dealers,
AN EXPRESSION OF HEALING In our interview, Feike abstractly refers to the horrific accident as “the tragedy” while sharing brief latitudes about the dark transitions of recovery, loss, grieving, and the inherent gratitude he feels for the community. “This tragedy didn’t just happen to us.
It happened to the entire community. We’re not the only ones going through this.” In October 2014, Feike stepped away from his job and shared his despair of what to do next. “Our family needed to decide to ‘fight or take flight.’” Since college, he and Noelle have been longtime care providers, serving in community-centered programs helping those in need. It has been a life-changing ten months: “The only reason our family has a new home, a vehicle, clothes and food... and now—this opportunity for our new job—is because of this community. Because of that outpouring of love, through financial, emotional, physical, and spiritual support, we now have a way to stay here and fight for our livelihood and have the means to give back.” THE NEW BEGINNING Global Arts has a new storefront window display made from doors of Lander’s iconic grain elevator and re-purposed fence posts. The gallery and gift shop showcases 105 artists, all exclusively from Wyoming, with approximately 90% residing in Fremont County.
Typically galleries charge 60% commission, where Global Arts reverses the consignment percentages in support of the artist. In addition, the shop is not simply a shelf to sell gifts to visitors: Global Arts fosters its artists by promoting works through Etsy, eBay, and rotating exhibits through other main street shops. “It is our way of giving back to this community. We now have something to hand down to our children. It is therapeutic for us, sharing what we love, helping fellow artists, and providing this community with art, beauty, and meaningful exchanges. Many, many roads lead us here to Global Arts.”
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
with my boys,” is how Feike, with deep reverence, described their two-acre home in Lyons Valley. In July of 2014, the van Dijk’s suffered unspeakable loss. An errant spark combined with fierce valley winds ravaged their entire home and family in an unmerciful few minutes. Two of their five children, four-year-old Zephan and two-year-old Noah, perished in the accident. The lifeflights, burn centers, ongoing medical appointments, hospital and emergency services, complete loss of home, vehicles, and personal property... all totaled a massive devastation for the van Dijk family and their vast community of friends and loved ones.
CONTACT GLOBAL ARTS FEIKE VAN DIJK AND NOELLE WEIMANN VAN DIJK 360 MAIN ST. LANDER, WY 82520 (307) 349-3795 GLOBALARTSLANDER.COM MONDAY 12PM-5:30PM TUES-SAT 10:30AM- 5:30PM Photo: Brad Christensen
Budget Blinds of Lander Jennifer Peterson & Pam Peterson 75 Deer Valley Drive, Lander Clark’s Landscaping Brian & Jill Clark PO Box 1204, Lander Energy Fuels Inc. Curtis Moore 225 Union Blvd., Lakewood, CO Ben Freedman 906 Main St., Lander Fremont County Fair & Rodeo 1010 Fairgrounds Drive, Riverton Fremont County Pediatric & Allergy Clinic Dr.s Barnes, Lawrence, Meyer 115 Wyoming St., Lander
Mountain Ledge Baking Julie Hill 612 W. Main, Suite B, Riverton
Help for Health Hospice Rhonda Locker, Exec. Director 716 College View Dr., Suite B, Riverton
Pageant of the Old West Pioneer Days Parade Maggie Appleby PO Box 145, Lander
Hudson, Dick 450 Park, Lander
Pico De Guyo Jay Bogner 26 Harmony Rd., Buffalo
In My Window Susan Meeker 258 Main St., Lander Lander Catering Inc. Dwaine & Linda Tiger 667 Main St., Lander Lander Community Foundation PO Box 1131, Lander Lander Llama/The Bunk House Scott & Therese Woodruff 2024 Mortimore Lane, Lander Maz’s House & Mobile Home Movers & Brentlee Homes Martin & Margaret Mazurie 420 Fremont St., Lander MJT Billing Services Misty Cardera PO Box 339, Lander
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Fremont County 2015 JUNE EVENTS
Daily: Riverton Northern Arapaho Cultural Insights: Northern Arapaho Experience Room - A cultural treasure of Arapaho artifacts and artwork open every day. Call for a schedule of Arapaho Elders who share Arapaho language lessons and story telling. the Wind River Casino, 10269 Highway 789. 307-851-5394. windriverhotelcasino.com
June 6-7 Riverton Fremont County Racing Association’s MotoCross Race, statewide dirt bike rally 7:30am each day at the track - 1 mile off Paradise Rd. and Highway 26, behind the weather station. 307-856-4439, rgilbertson@farmersagent.com, facebook.com/pages/High-Plains-MotocrossAssociation
June 2, 9, 16, 30 Riverton Northern Arapaho Native American Song and Dance: Traditional Native American Indian Dances in full regalia, including the popular hoop dance. 6-7pm every Tuesday. Free. Wind River Hotel & Casino, 10269 Hwy 789. Call Peggy 307-840-5805, 307855-2600, windriverhotelcasino.com
June 11 Dubois Museum presents: WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series: Bear Spray 101, by Brian Debolt, 7pm. 909 W. Ramshorn, 307-4552284, duboismuseum.org, duboismuseum@gmail.com
June 1-June 30 The Lander Art Center presents the "Wyoming Art Party Show." Free. This eclectic art show runs thru July 4. The art center is open Tues. - Thurs. from 10-6pm, and Fri. Sat. from 10-4pm. 224 Main.307-332-5772, landerartcenter.com
June 12 - 30 Riverton Wind River Hotel & Casino, One-of-a-Kind art festival & show. Art booth displays on June 12-13, with a Quick Draw contest on June 13. Art show on display through August. 307-8555280, 10269 Highway 789, lcowboy@windriverhotelcasino.com, windriverhotelcasino.com
June 6-7 Riverton Fremont County Youth Rodeo at the Riverton Fairgrounds Arena. Tentative start times of 8am-9am. 1010 Fairgrounds Drive. Tickets: 307-856-6611 or 307-349-6400, info@fremontcountyfair.org, fremontcountyfair.org
June 12 -13 Lander Brewfest presented by Fremont Toyota, & Brewers Golf Tournament! Two-day brew tasting and epic taste-bud hop-dueling competition. Day of Tickets $30/one-day or $50/two-day pass; or online specials. Schedule: On Friday June 12, Brewfest is open 59pm, located at the Lander City Park, 405 Fremont St. Saturday, June 13, tee-off 9am-noon 2nd Annual Brewers Golf Tournament, Lander Golf and Country Club, 1 Golf Course Dr. 9-hole scramble only $21 per entry. Saturday Brewfest starts again from 2-7pm at City Park. landerbrewfest.com, 307-332-3892
June 6 Riverton Museum presents: WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series: Paleoexotica: what you don’t know about the Paleoindians, by Marcel Kornfield. 3:30-4:30pm, 707 East Park, 307-856-2665, jacksoncrawford@wyoming.com, fremontcountymuseums.com
June 13 Lander 6th Annual Fremont Area Road Tour (Cycling Event). All rides begin and end at the City Park at 420 Fremont St. Routes range between 15 and 100 miles around scenic Lander. Tours start at 6:30am–3pm. Registration online. 307332-3394. landercenter@cwc.edu, landercyclingevents.org
June 4 Riverton Museum Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek: J.B. Oakies The Big Teepee” 11:30am, 707 East Park, 307-856-2665, jacksoncrawford@wyoming.com, fremontcountymuseums.com
June 13 Lander Fremont County Pioneer Museum presents: WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series: Calamity Jane, by Glenda Bell. 7pm, 1443 Main St., 307-332-3339, randywisepioneermuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 13 Shoshoni Howl Rodeo Ultimate Miniature Bullriding presents the Brahm Nettles Memorial Rodeo at the Art Shanley Memorial Arena at 250 Maple St. 307-349-6400, howlrodeobulls.com June 13 Hudson will host their 3rd Annual Hudson Daze Festival & Craft Fair, starting at 10-3pm at the Hudson’s Gold Star Memorial Park. Western games, events, demos, and mouth-watering authentic BBQ and more! 307-240-0251, 307-335-8125, 307-2400251, mikeanderson@wyoming.com June13 Riverton 4th Annual Fast and the Furriest 5k/1k run/walk. Bring the family and furry kids-don’t forget water bottles, water bowls, and the sunscreen. Starts at 9:30am, 2660 Peck Ave. 307-856-7764, blthuringer@gmail.com, fastnfurry.org, facebook.com/TheFastAndFurriest5k1k June 13 Atlantic City "Second Saturday Scotch Sipping at Six" at 7,600 Feet in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Tastings begin at 6-9pm at the historic Miner's Delight Inn Bed and Breakfast "Two-Bit Cowboy Saloon." Tickets $25. 307-332-0248, bandb@minersdelightinn.com, minersdelightinn.com June 13 Dubois Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek: Byrd Draw Explorations, hosted by the Dubois Museum. Join naturalists Bruce Thompson and Sally Wulbrecht trek up Badlands’s Byrd Draw. Bring lunch/ water. 8:30-2pm. 307-4552284. 909 W. Ramshorn, duboismuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com
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June 13-14 Pavillion Cowboy State Stock Horse Association Working Cow Horse Summer Series Show, Fourth Annual Cow Horse Classic. Arena is at 424 S. Main. 9am. 307-8511126 June 13-14 Shoshoni Don Layton Memorial Antique Tractor & Engine 20th Anniversary Show. Sat. 10-4pm, and Sun. 10-2pm. Hosted by the Wind River Flywheelers. See steam engines, tractor pull, and tractor games. Live old time western tunes, local food and crafts vendors. Held at the intersection of 1st & 2nd Streets. 307-856-1164, edgeta.com June 17 & June 24 Lander Eagle Spirit Dancers Traditional Native American Indian Dancing at the Museum of the American West every Wednesday 7-8:30pm. Join in the "Friendship" dance. Free. 307-335-8778, 1445 West Main St., bwillhelm@bresnan.net, museumoftheamericanwest.com June 19, 26 Dubois Friday Night Rodeos, 7:30pm, at the Clarence Allison Memorial Arena, at 5649 Hwy. 287/26. See bullriding, bronc riding on bucking horses, team roping, barrel racing, and calf roping. Tickets $10 and $5, under age 6 Free. 307-851-0951, facebook.com/DuboisWYRodeo June 19 Riverton Museum presents: McDonald’s Kid Exploration Series-Creatures of the Wind River Valley. 10am. 707 E. Park, 307856-2665, fremontcountymuseums.com jacksoncrawford@wyoming.com, June 20 Dubois will be celebrating nearly 70 years of tradition at the annual Swedish Smorgasbord dinner. Headwaters Center, 20 Stalnaker St. Two servings are planned: 5:00pm and 6:00pm. 307-455-2313 June 20 South Pass City State Historic Site Catch the Night Shift: Lantern Carissa Gold Mine Tour and Saloon Scotch Tasting in the ghost town’s actual Miners’ Exchange Saloon. Tickets $40 - only 40 visitors per tour. 125 Main St., 307-332-3684 or 307-332-0248, info@southpasscity.com, southpasscity.com June 20 Riverton Rock your Foundation! Headlining band is. Central WY College scholarship endowment fundraiser concert at the Riverton Fairgrounds, 1010 Fairgrounds Drive. Tickets $25, $30 at the door. 7pm. 307855-2035, cwc.edu June 20 Dubois Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek: Torrey Basin Petroglyphs,
hosted by the Dubois Museum. Driving/hiking tour of Dinwoody-tradition rock art is limited to 15 participants. Bring water and sunscreen. Call to register. 9am-noon. Meet at 909 W Ramshorn. 307455-2284, Duboismuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 20 Lander Pioneer Museum presents the Wind River Visitors Council’s Adventure Trek: Miners Delight historic gold mining town, 10am, meet at 1443 Main St., 307-332-3339, randywisepioneermuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 20-21 Dubois – Don Scheer Memorial Packhorse Races Old Timers Race starts Sat. at 10am with the Powder Puff Ladies Race starting on Sun. at 10am. Registrations: $65 entry fee, cash prize purse. Dubois overlook chariot track on McKinley Drive. 307-455-3675. facebook.com/DonScheerMemorialPackhorseRace June 23 Dubois Museum presents: McDonalds’s Kids Exploration Series–On the Wildlife Trail, Part 1, by Bruce Thompson. 10am–2pm. 307-455-2284. 909 W. Ramshorn, duboismuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 23 Riverton Museum presents the Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek: St. Stephens Mission. 8:30am. Meet at 707 E. Park Ave. 307-8562665, fremontcountymuseums.com jacksoncrawford@wyoming.com!"
June 27 Dubois 6th Annual High Country Challenge 5k-10k-15k Trail Runs at 7-11am. New this year: 1k Riverwalk Fun Run at Dubois town park, hosted by the Dubois Boys & Girls Club. $25 entry fee and prizes. 307-455-2235, jeda@dyakids.com, bgcdubois.com June 27 Dubois Museum presents: McDonalds’s Kids Exploration Series–On the Wildlife Trail Part 2, by Bruce Thompson. 9am-2pm. 307-455-2284. 909 W. Ramshorn, duboismuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 27 Riverton Open Mic Night at Mammoth Music. 10-minute slots are available to musicians, bands, and other stage performers for this family friendly evening. Free. 7-8:30pm. 318 East Main St. 307-856-0258 June 27 Riverton Museum presents: WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series: Petroglyphs by Randy Wise, 3:30 pm, at 707 East Park, 307-856-2665, jacksoncrawford@wyoming.com!" fremontcountymuseums.com June 27-28 Pavillion will host the Fremont County Youth Rodeo. Arena is 424 S. Main. 307-349-6400, howlrodeobulls@yahoo.com, howlrodeobulls.com
June 25 Lander Fremont County Pioneer Museum presents: WY Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series: Living in a Hostile Environment, by Marjane Ambler. 7pm, 1443 Main St., 307-332-3339, randywisepioneermuseum@gmail.com, fremontcountymuseums.com June 26-27-28 Lander 1st Annual Outdoor Weekend & Expo at the Lander Community & Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista. Check out the climbing wall, outdoor skills clinics (shooting, fishing, etc.) and take local field trips (road mountain biking, Red Desert tour, etc). Hottest new outdoor gear. 307-332-9694, mjones31957@gmail.com, wyomingoutdoorexpo.com June 26-28 Ft. Washakie 56th Annual Eastern Shoshone Indian Days, Powwow, & Indian Rodeo and Relay Races. WY’s largest powwow. Over 700 hundred dancers and 15 professional drum groups competing. Voted one of the top 10 powwows. Tentative grand entry times: Friday at 7pm, Sat. at 1pm & 6pm, and Sunday 5 pm. Indian Rodeo and Relay Race on Sat. morning. 19 Old Wind River Highway. 307-349-7089, mcbuck2th@hotmail.com easternshoshonetribe.org
This exciting events calendar is provided by the WIND RIVER VISITORS COUNCIL …your Fremont County Lodging Tax Dollars at Work! *Don’t forget to use our hashtag to post your Wind River Country memories at: #windrivercountry
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For a complete list of events in Wyoming’s Wind River Country go to windriver.org A L L L I S T I N G S U S E A R E A C O D E 3 0 7 . P l e a s e c o n f i r m a l l d e t a i l s i n a d v a n c e . 5-18-15"