Oral Histories

Oral histories are a unique look into the past. This is a partial list of the Wyoming Oral History Online database (WOHO) created by the Wyoming State Historical Society. You can find the full database here.

If you would like to submit an oral history for Washakie County, please email the county coordinator.

 

Narrator Interview Date Interview Location Subject 1 Format Transcript available? Name of Institution
Margaret Cogdill 9/13/1999 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Margaret Cogdill 6/23/1905 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Clifford Brubaker  5/29/1998 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
June Doyle Gossens 6/15/1999 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Mildred Duncan  6/4/1999 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Ethel Ryan  9/14/1999 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Ethel Ryan  9/20/1999 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Marvin Davis  8/21/2007 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Marvin and Dorothy Davis and Jim Foreman 10/27/2003 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Dorothy Davis 8/21/2007 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Merle Seaton  6/23/1905 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Sam Hampton  8/20/2007 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Louise Williams  10/24/2007 Ten Sleep, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Fred Faure  1/4/2008 Worland, WY N/A Audio-cassette Yes Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Mayme Bader  5/5/2009 Ten Sleep, WY N/A N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Jean Groshart  8/15/2003 Ten Sleep, WY N/A N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
LDS Relief Society  6/22/1905 Ten Sleep, WY Mormon history N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Ten Sleep Library - Muriel Snyder  6/24/1905 Ten Sleep, WY N/A N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Leo Rhodes  11/6/1974 N/A N/A N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Billy Lewis  N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Mary Wortham  5/28/1905 N/A Worland and Gooseberry Creek N/A Fremont County Pioneer Museum
Martin Martinson 10/19/1985 at his home in Worland, WY

Tie Hacks,

Immigration coming to America,

Indians on the tie drive,

Camp life,

Bachelor cabin,

Language barrier

Cassette & Floppy Disk Yes Dubois Museum

Contacts for Oral History Institutions

Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
436 2nd Street, Ten Sleep, WY 82442
(307) 366-2759 

Fremont County Pioneer Museum
1442 W. Main St., Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-4137
http://fremontcountymuseums.com/the-lander-museum

Dubois Museum
Dubois, WY
(307) 455-2284

 

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