Artists hard at work

Every day brings a bit more life to the murals in downtown Buffalo, Wyoming.

  We all appreciate the talent and skill of these young artists.

  Bravo!

And now there are four!

Soon there will be no blank walls!  The community has enjoyed watching these three talented local artists as they labored thru the summer heat to bring these vignettes to life.  Jenny and Aaron Wuerker and Marchel Kelley are to be congratulated!! for a job well (almost) done.

Mural update

The artists are making progress.

Walt Longmire Day in Buffalo

Early August  the city celebrated WALT LONGMIRE DAY as part of the annual Crazy Days celebration.

The chalk artists were out in force to decorate the downtown sidewalks.  And local author, Craig Johnson was selling and autographing copies of his newest book.

artist Dolly Iberlin

 That evening, the Johnson County Library held an Open House featuring Johnson.  Refreshments were served and a CD of the A & E program LONGMIRE was viewed by over 70 people.  Johnson shared his experiences with the film crew and actors and what is involved in translating a book and its characters into a TV series. 

Walt Longmire as presented by one of the chalk artists.

Murals progress

Each days finds the artists hard at work.

And so it grows!

..and grows!

D.A.R.

The Fort McKinney Chapter of the D.A.R.  was established the 26th day of October 1923 with 17 charter members.  The chapter closed in early 1943.  At one time there were 58 members.  Members did historical interviews and research and presented progams at their meetings.  The transcipts of those presentations are avaialble in the local history files at the Johnson County Library.

VISITORS' CENTER





 The information center on the east edge of town has installed sculptures at their facility by two  local artists.

D. Michael Thomas

Wm. Hugh Jennings

                                                       
                                                           



CRAZY WOMAN SQUARE

Work is progressing at Crazy Woman Square in downtown Buffalo.  History is being made as we watch.  The equipment moved in and began prep work for the buildings to come.  Meanwhile the artists are busy working on the mural. 

Did you know?   Your library has extensive local history files.  Former history librarian, Patty Myers did numerous oral history interviews and these have been name indexed and transcibed.  You may listen to them or read the transcripts.  We have the area newspapers, both physical copies and on microfilm.  A volunteer has indexed the obits in them.  On our website, you can search the early newspapers for the entire state of Wyoming.  This online database covers up to 1922, which is the copyright cut off date. There are family histories and genealogies, which have been given to us, to make available to the public.  We have all the  the local newspaper's Fair Edition, printed each August.  Each year, our department answers almost 200 inquiries regarding families and events in our county.  Information on the crash on Bomber Mountain, to the accidental landing of the large plane at our airport instead of Sheridan's, or any other subject of interest.  If we don't have information for you, we will try to locate it. Come and see what history awaits you.

Murals

Edie Reno painted this mural  wall over twenty years ago.  Featuring a hitching post and numerous colorful horses, it has delighted locals and tourists alike.  Its caption "Buffalo, Wyoming  more than a one horse town"".   Several weeks ago, workers applied a new stucco surface and the mural disappeared.  Just a blank white (canvas) wall remains.  Three local area artists will spend the summer painting a new mural on this surface.  Across the creek on a south facing wall, a 2nd. mural will be painted by the same artisits in the summer of 2013. So we watch and wait.

Clear Creek flood 1912

Going on sale today at the library, a small book about the devastating flood in June of 1912. The book includes photographs from the local history department of the library, as well as articles published in the BUFFALO BULLETIN. Purchase your own copy or check one out from the library.

FINALLY!

We are excited to announce that the index to our local cemetery, Willow Grove is now available on our library web site. Check under the Local History tab. The index to the obits in the BUFFALO BULLETINS is there as well.