Museum Bookstore Wyoming

$13.00 Paperbound 218 pages	Adventures Of A Woman Homesteader: The Life And Letters of Elinore Pruit Stewart	Biography of author of Letters Of A Woman Homesteader and Letters On An Elk Hunt. E.P. Stewart homesteaded in southern Sweetwater County in 1909.
	Susanne K. George

$14.95 Paperback 220 pages	Ahead of Their Time Wyoming Voices for Wilderness	In this collection of esseys we learn of the hopes, dreams obstacles and victories of the unsung heroes who founded the Wyoming tradition of conserving and cherishing our unique wilderness heritage. These stories straight from the mouths of ranchers, outfitters, Native Americans and others tell how they saved or lost the wildest parts of Wyoming.
	edited by Broughton Coburn and Leila Bruno

$29.95 Softbound 367 pages	The Arapahoes, Our People	"[This] history of the Arapaho represents the standard against which all future accounts will be gauged...Moreover, the clarity with which the author presents the events from A.D. 1800 to 1869 makes this book a valuable contribution to the historical annals of the Plains..." - Plains Anthropologist
	Virginia Cole Trenholm

$14.95
Paperbound
195 pages

The Banditti of the Plains

The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892

The war took place in 1892, when Wyoming's cattle kings, faced with the loss of their ranges to homesteaders, decided to eliminate the small farmers and ranchers. Fifty-two cattlemen and hired gunmen from Texas and Idaho proceeded on their infamous invasion of Johnson county. The tables were turned when the homesteaders rallied behind the sheriff and besieged the cattlemen.

A. S. Mercer

$14.95 Paperbound 80 pages	Beautiful America's Wyoming	Mention the name of this vast western state and what image springs to mind? Wyoming is indeed a region ruled by a close relationship to the landscape. Enjoy 50 full color pictures of the Wyoming landscape.
	Charlotte Dixon

$16.00 Paperbound 438 pages	Beyond the Hundredth Meridian John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the west	The successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West. Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was.
	Wallace Stegner

$14.95 Hardbound 192 pages	Big Wonderful Notes from Wyoming	In this unconventional memoir, Kevin Holdsworth vividly portrays life in remote, unpredictable country and ruminates on the guts - or foolishness- it takes to put down roots and raise a family in a merciless environment.
	Kevin Holdsworth

$9.95 Paperbound 160 pages	Black Gold Patterns in the Development of Wyoming's Oil Industry	A collection of short stories which illustrate some of the major problems and issues faced by those who developed Wyoming's oil industry from 1890 to the 1850's. .
	Mike Mackey

$28.00 Hardbound 245 pages	Booms And Busts On Bitter Creek: A History Of Rock Springs, Wyoming	This edition adds the subsidence story, when much of Rock Springs seemed destined to sink into the abandoned coalmines under the city, and tells of the rise of the fabulous trona industry.
	Robert B. Rhode

$17.95 Hardbound 36 pages	C is for Cowboy A Wyoming Alphabet	Catch a glimpse of all the wonders, history, and landscapes Wyoming has to offer. From Devils Tower and grizzly bears to Father Kelly and Yellowstone National Park, Susan Guy's dramatic, true-to-life artwork provides a stunning backdrop to the printed words.
	Eugene Gagliano

$14.95 Softcover 162 pages	The Cherokee Trail Bent's Old Fort to Fort Bridger	Cherokee Indian gold seekers 150 years ago pioneered what was then-and now- Colorado's busiest highway. Travelers have long thronged this road along the eastern base of the rocky Mountains. Starting at Bent's Fork on the Arkansas River, then west to Pueblo then north to Fort Bridger in Wyoming. Includes maps, pictures and journal entries of those who traveled the Cherokee Trail.
	Lee Whiteley

$17.95 Paperbound 285 pages	Coyotes and Canaries: Characters Who Made the West Wild...and Wonderful	In this enlightening volume, Wyoming historian and storyteller Larry Brown gives us the low-down on numerous residents of the "Equality State," from famed saddle maker, Frank Meanea, to the notorious Tom Horn, to Wyoming's first black legislator, William Jefferson Hardin. An absolute must for any interested in Wyoming history.
	Larry K. Brown

$14.00 Paperbound 303 pages	Crazy Woman Creek	Women living west of the Mississippi write of the ways they shape and sustain their communities. Whether these groups are organized, imposed, or spontaneous, this collection shows that where women gather, anything is possible. Women recall harmony found at a drugstore, at a powwow, in a sewing circle. Lively, heartfelt, urgent, enduring, Crazy Woman Creek celebrates community.
	edited by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, and Nancy Curtis

$4.95 Paperbound 2 pages	Cretaceous Dinosaurs Sticker Picture	A primeval landscape complete with rocks, vegetation and a river framed by hilly terrain is the perfect backdrop for 33 full-color reusable stickers. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4".
	Jan Sovak

$14.95 Paperbound 249 pages	Dreamers & Schemers	The profiles of thirty-one personalities in this book offer snap shots of men and women whose behavior helped shape Carbon County. Some were good, law abiding citizens; a few were cold, ruthless outlaws. Journey back in time to an earlier century. Meet Jim Baker, Joe Rankin, Big Nose George, Lillian Heath and more.
	Lori Van Pelt

$14.95 Paperbound 340 pages	Echoes from the Bluffs: Volume Two	Series of historical articles originally published in the Green River Star from 1998 into 2003 about Green River, Wyoming. Volume 2 also contains information previously published in the commission's brochure covering mayors since 1891 to the present.
	Green River Historic Preservation Commission

$19.95 Paperbound 354 pages	Eden Valley Voices A Centennial Celebration of Stories	In our quest to listen to stories and collect documents, photographs, and oral histories something amazing happened. We began hearing voices, Eden Valley voices. We heard these voices when we were on field trips around the Valley or when we recorded oral history interviews. You will hear those voices speaking from the pages of this book bring Eden Valley's uniquely western story alive.
	compiled by Sweetwater County Historical Museum

$21.00 Softcover 159 pages	Ghost Towns of Wyoming	Through the pages of this book, the streets of these deserted towns come back to life, while exploring these towns, you will find adventure, great outdoor vistas, wildlife, and, occasionally, the story of lost treasure of the alleged spirit.
	Bruce A. Raisch

$15.95 Paperbound 310 pages	Hidden Wyoming Where Vacations Meet Adventures	Selective recommendations and opinionated reviews lead you to hiking trails through the Tetons, ghost towns in the Big Horn and mineral springs in Yellowstone.
	John Gottberg

$35.00 Hardbound 192 pages	Historical Images of Sweetwater County	Sweetwater County sits in the heart of the "Old West." The diversity of the nationalities living in the area reflects a past rich in tradition and change. The pictures presented were chosen to show people living in a place "where the old west stayed young."
	A. Dudley Gardner & Val Brinkerhoff

$14.95 Paperbound 262 pages	History From The Highways: Wyoming	“Tales of Wyoming’s past are laid out along the state’s principal roadways and illustrate all the major eras in the Cowboy State’s history….” (Cover notes).
	Thomas Schmidt and Winfred Blevins

$16.95 Paperbound 330 pages	History of the Union Pacific Coal Mines 1869 to 1940	Much of the history of the coal fields of southern Wyoming took place out of sight--beneath the grey soil of this high, desert land. Daily its people would pour into the dark voids of the coal mines to extract the fuel to run railroads, heat houses and power factories of America. This reprint of a 1940 history of the Union Pacific Coal Company tells the story of these workers and their families who made homes and hometowns in this forbidding land.
	Sweetwater County Historical Society

$9.95 Paperbound 125 pages	Hog Ranches Of Wyoming: Liquor, Lust And Lies Under Sagebrush Skies	A history of the settlements, which sprang up near western army posts. “Hog ranches” offered the amusements of alcohol, prostitutes and games of chance to soldiers.
	Larry K. Brown

$10.95 Paperbound 144 pages	I Didn't Know That About Wyoming	More than 200 questions with answers on subjects such as Indian legends, movies filmed in Wyoming, why some places have such interesting names, and famous Wyomingites.
	Lavinia Dobler

Images of America The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today.
$21.99 Paperbound 128 pages	Evanston	$19.99 Paperbound 128 pages	Green River
	Barbara Allen Bogart and the Uinta County Museum		Terry Del Bene, Ruth Lauritzen, Cyndi McCullers, and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum
$19.99 Paperbound 128 pages	Pinedale	$21.99 Paperback 128 pages	Sweetwater County
	Ann Chambers Noble		Cyndi McCullers and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum

$19.95 Paperbound 173 pages	I See by Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains	No Hollywood flim-flam or arty Photographic re-creation here. Historic photographs show what actual working cowboys of the Northern Plains wore and what equipment they used.
	Tom Lindmier & Steve Mount

$12.00 Paperbound 339 pages	I, Tom Horn	The fictional autobiography of Tom Horn that answers decisively the question - did Tom Horn kill fourteen-year-old Willie Nickell, or was he framed?.
	Will Henry

$19.95 Paperbound 349 pages	In Tar and Paint and Stone The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil's Gate	The definitive history and index of inscriptions found on Independence Rock -- The Oregon Trail's "Great Register of the Desert."
	Levida Hileman

$15.95 Paperbound 333 pages	Jim Bridger: Mountain Man	A biography of Jim Bridger. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West. (cover notes)
	Stanley Vestal

$16.95 Paperbound 336 pages	Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man	Born in Virginia, Joe Meek became a trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, and lover of practical jokes. He was a boon companion to Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and just as important in frontier history.
	Stanley Vestal

$17.95 Paperbound 394pages	Lady's Choice: Ethel Waxham's Journals & Letters, 1905-1910	"These letters are among the treasures of American History, bringing to life an adventurous, quick-witted woman and the laconic but determined man who wooed and won her."
	Compiled and Edited by Barbara Love & Frances Love Froidevaux

$34.5 Hardcover 180 pages	The Lincoln Highway Wyoming	Presents a narrative history of the highway in the state, including a driving guide, followed by a dossier of maps. The U.S. Geological Survey's 7.5 minutes quadrangles are used a a base, with the routes of the several variations of the Lincoln Highway overlaid as dark gray bands. Chapters take you county by county through Wyoming with pictures to illustrate many land marks.
	Gregory M. Franzwa

$11.95 Paperbound 221 pages	More than Meets the Eye: Wyoming Along Interstate 80	Interstate 80 through Wyoming is brimming with sights, history and fascinating folks. You'll find them all in these pages.
	Mary Ann Trevathan

$19.95 Paperbound 419 pages	The Oregon Trail Revisited	The emigrants who pioneered the Oregon Trail and settled the West Coast have become American heroes and a source of inspiration today. Included in this book are detailed instructions to precise locations along the trail, which may be reached in a family car.
	Gregory M. Franzwa

$14.95 Softcover 230 pages	Outskirt Episodes	In rousing period style, Civil War veteran and frontiersman William G. Tittsworth tells the tales of the raw land of southwestern Wyoming in the late nineteenth century in his memoirs. The frontier characters, thought by many to be based on actual historical characters act out their dramas on the stage of early Sweetwater County history.
	William G. Tittsworth

$29.95 Hardbound 320 pages	People of the Wind River The Eastern Shoshones 1825-1900	The first book length history of the Eastern Shoshones, tells the tribe's story through eight tumultuous decades -- from 1825, when they reached mutual accommodations with the first permanent white settlers in Wind River county, to 1900, when the death of Chief Washakie marked the final break with their traditional lives as nineteenth century Plains Indians.
	Henry E. Stamm, IV

$14.95 Paperbound 244 pages	Petticoat Prisoners of old Wyoming	This completes Brown's trilogy about the wicked days of early Wyoming with stories of twenty-three women who became guests at the Gray Bar Hotel.
	Larry K. Brown

$0.25	Postcards	Assorted souvenir picture postcards to keep or mail.

$14.95 Softcover 128 pages	Pushed Off the Mountain Sold Down the River Wyoming's Search for It's Soul	Pushed Off the Mountain asks the question few want to discuss: How long will Wyoming champion a mythology that leads to chronic rootlessness and an inability to influence its future: Samuel Western, a longtime correspondent for The Economist of London, feels that a solution to Wyoming's economic woes has little to do with money but instead rethinking the rendition of its "way-of-life" myths.
	Samuel Western

$17.95 Paperbound 252 pages	Riding the Edge of an Era Growing Up Cowboy on the Outlaw Trail	Diana Allen Kouris is a masterful storyteller with a wonderful story to tell. This book should be required reading for all new arrivals in the West, so they might know something about the folds this land has shaped, about the folks who have long called this land their home. D.L. Birchfield
	Diana Allen Kouris

$13.00 Paperbound 214 pages	Rising from the Plains	This is the story of an isolated ranch in the center of Wyoming, soon after the turn of the century, and of the geologist who grew up there, at home with the composition of the high country in the way that someone growing up in a coastal harbor would be at home with the vagaries of the sea.
	John McPhee

$35.00 Hardbound 673 pages	A River Running West The Life of John Wesley Powell	John Wesley Powell embodied the energy, optimism, and westward impulse of America in his time. This important new biography captures this spirit, providing a magisterial life of this great American explorer and an unforgettable chapter in the sage of the American West. (Jacket Cover)
	Donald Worster

$18.00 Paperbound 265 pages	Roadside Geology of Wyoming	Here are Wyoming's rocks and landscapes in all their richness and variety. Here is the story of how it came to be.
	David R. Lageson and Darwin R. Spearing

$18.00 Softcover 416 pages	Roadside History of Wyoming	To know Wyoming is to experience its physical presence, and there's no better way to to that than by driving its roads and learning its history. Well-researched, well-told stories are set against the dramatic backdrop of the land itself to reveal how Wyoming's natural environment affected human activity through time.
	Candy Moulton

$11.95 Paperbound 205 pages	Rock Springs: Growing Up in a Wyoming Coal Town 1915-1938	A small, wind-blown coal town in southwestern Wyoming is the setting for this fond memoir of the years between the World Wars. Author Tom Cullen gives a glimpse of the "tough, dirty and mean" little town of Rock Springs and the joys and sorrows of his childhood there.
	Thomas P. Cullen

$12.95 Paperbound 152 pages	Rockhounding in Wyoming	The 75 sites described in this guide will take you across the red desert to the high mountain majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders of Yellowstone National Park.
	Kenneth Lee Graham

$12.95 Paperbound 314 pages	The Romantic and Notorious History of Brown's Park	Brown's Park, on the Green River, lies partly in Utah and Colorado. It is astride the old Outlaw Trail, which ran from old Mexico and Arizona, through Wyoming, Montana, and into Alberta. Many outlaws passed through Brown's Park, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
	Diana Allen Kouris

$77.95 Paperbound 214 pages	Sacajawea	Few personalities in American history have been more idealized -- or more controversial -- than Sacajawea, the young Shoshoni Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their epic journey across the continent. Sacajawea's path is retraced from the Mandan Indian village to the Pacific Ocean and back.
	Harold P. Howard

$12.00 Paperbound 211 pages	Saddles & Spurs: The Pony Express Saga	The story of the Pony Express is one of the most invigorating and satisfying episodes in American History. Projected against an account of the historical background is the narrative of the Pony Express's organization and the laying out of its route.
	Raymond W. Settle and Mary Lund Settle

$14.00 Softcover 211 pages	Sagebrush Country A Wildflower Sanctuary	Through color photographs and non-technical descriptions this field guide explores the elegance of the sagebrush steppe as expressed in the colorful spring and fall flowers and, more subtly, in the wondrous adaptations that enable plants to withstand the extremes so typical of this harsh environment.
	Ronald J. Taylor

$19.95 Paperbound 179 pages	Sheepwagon: Home on the Range	In this book we learn not only the background of the sheepwagon, but also of sheep, sheepmen and women, and herders. Over 100 photographs enrich the text.
	Nancy Weidel

$16.95 Paperbound 250 pages	Sunrise Over The Rim	This historical novel will take you back to the beginnings of Central Wyoming as you walk in the shoes of legendary rancher/farmer Ed Young. ed was Wyoming's version of Johnny Appleseed and Butch portrays Young in a convincing and entertaining way.
	E. "Butch" Hudson

	Thomas Moran: Cliffs of Green River	Beautiful Thomas Moran print of the cliffs of Green River. Measures 20"x36".
	Print on Canvas $84.00 Print on paper $19.95

$19.95 Paperbound 379 pages	Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon	Tom Horn, the most notorious of Wyoming's range detectives, operated unchecked until he was arrested for the 1901 murder of the fourteen-year-old son of a sheep-raising settler. The murder and questionable nature of Horn's conviction still ignite firestorms of controversy among historians and Wyomingites in general.
	Chip Carlson

$24.95 Paperbound 522 pages	The Ultimate Wyoming Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia	The essential reference guide to the Cowboy State. 129 detailed maps and mile-by-mile information on all Wyoming State and Federal highways. Includes information on dining, lodging, campgrounds, hopping, scenic drives, ghost towns, resorts, National Historic Trails informtion and more..
	Ultimate Press

$14.95 Paperbound 255 pages	Wagon Wheels: A Contemporary Journey on the Oregon Trail	Climb aboard Ben Kern's lead wagon and retrace the Oregon Trail with the 150th Anniversary Wagon Train. Experience the trail first-hand through the diaries of modern-day travelers Ben Kern, Candy Moulton, and Earl Leggett, plus gain insight from the historic diaries of pioneer emigrants.
	Candy Moulton & Ben Kern

$12.00 Paperbound 337 pages	WASHAKIE Chief of the Shoshones	Washakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. a strong leader of his own people, he was the wisdom of befriending the whites. Washakie is seen signing historic treaties, aiding overland emigrants in the 1850s, and finally assisting whites in fighting the Sioux.
	Grace Raymond Hebard

$19.00 Paperbound 254 pages	Wildflowers of Wyoming	Even with its craggy peaks and dusty plains, scorching sun and subzero temperatures, Wyoming's terrain and climate are not nearly as diverse as its wildflowers. From the rosy purple moss campion that blankets the state's treeless tundra to the lavender-flowered beardtongue found in roadside ditches across the plains, Wyoming's wildflowers brighten the Cowboy State's rugged and forbidding landscape.
	Diantha States and Jack States

$2.50 each	Wild Flowers of Wyoming Seed Collection	Each envelope of seeds is packaged in a mailable postcard envelope. Choose from: Indian Paintbrush (Wyoming's State Flower), Wild Red Columbine, Forget-Me-Not, or a combination of Evening Primrose, Prairie Coneflower and Aspen Daisy.

$16.95 Paperbound 562 pages	Wild Horses: A Spirit Unbroken	Wild Horses exist in as diverse and hostile locations as the arid deserts of India and the remote sandbanks of Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. This book traces their origins and explains how geographic history and crossbreeding have influenced their development and provided the variety of breeds that now exist worldwide. Excellent photography catches many of the breeds and their habitats in vivid color.
	Elwyn Hartley Edwards

$24.95 Softcover 254 pages	Wind River Adventures: My Life in Frontier Wyoming	In this never-before-published historic memoir Ed Farlow recalls a life like no other - starting with his arrival as a teenager in Wyoming in the 1870's and continuing until 1931 when he was adopted into the Arapaho Nation. He recounts versions of famous events - the Custer Battle, a buffalo hunt with Indians, the Wilcox train robbery, the Battle of Crowheart Butte. And he recalls famous people - Sacajawea, the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, Chief Washakie, Joan Crawford, Cattle Kate and more.
	Edward J. Farlow

$14.00 Softbound 285 pages	What You See In Clear Water Indians, Whites, and a Battle Over Water in the American West	For nearly a century, the Indians on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming have been battling their white farmer neighbors over the rights to the Wind River. This book tells the story of this epic struggle, shedding light on the ongoing conflict over water rights in the American West, one of the most divisive and essential issues in America today.
	Geoffrey O'Gara

$3.95 Softcover 32 pages	The Wonderful Wyoming Coloring book	Includes Wyoming characters, places, facts, and fun! Color your way around the state of Wyoming.
	Carole Marsh

$20.00 Paperbound 612 pages	Wyoming Almanac Sixth Edition	This is the first place many Wyomingites turn for answers to out-of-the-ordinary questions about any aspect of Wyoming. While entries provide a snapshot of Wyoming's complex history, culture, media, sports, people and society, the authors always seek more information to include in future issues.
	Phil Roberts David L. Roberts Steven L. Roberts

$19.95 Paperbound 72 pages	Wyoming Atlas & Gazetteer	Detailed Topographic Maps in an 11x15" book. Includes Back roads, BLM, State Lands and GPS Grids. Great for Hunters, Campers or every day use.
	DeLorme

$6.95 Papercover with plastic binding 93 pages	Wyoming Cookbook	Bring the best of Wyoming to your table! More than 130 lip smackin', palate pleasin', savory Wyoming recipes.
	compiled by Karin Wade

$9.95 Softcover 79 pages	Wyoming Impressions	Photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Wyoming
	Fred Pflughoft

$13.95 Paperbound 366 pages	The Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate 1889	The most blatant crime in the history of the West. They lynched Cattle Kate & Jim Averell. This story is so controversial that for over 100 years it was a mistake to even ask what happened that hot July afternoon in 1889 when a gracious young woman and an innocent homesteader were hanged from a pine tree in the Sweetwater Valley.
	George W. Hufsmith

$12.00 Paperbound 233 pages	Wyoming Place Names	An alphabetical listing of significant places in Wyoming with a description of how they got their names.
	Mae Urbanek

$5.00	Wyoming Playing Cards	Playing cards featuring the living symbols of the historic and pioneer sprit of the West ... Beautiful Wild horses.

$14.95 Paperbound 335 pages	Wyoming's Territorial Sherriffs	Most of the fifty-five men who pinned on stars were simply good citizens who carried out the routine duties of office. Some rose to the occasion when faced with adversity. Others arranged to be out of town.
	Ann Gorzalka

$9.95 Paperbound 169 pages	Wyoming Trivia	In Wyoming Trivia you'll find the state's most famous and infamous artists, writers, actors, cowboys, Indians, politicians, and outlaws - and it's biggest, smallest, tallest, shortest, most, least , first, last, and more! You'll be Amazed and Amused!
	Brian Day

$11.95 Paperbound 187 pages	You Are Respectfully Invited to Attend My Execution	Badmen thrived in Wyoming Territory, but law and legal processes also existed. The frontier was so "civilized" that those men sentenced to hang were allowed to issue formal invitations to their executions.
	Larry K. Brown

LOCATION:
3 East Flaming Gorge Way
Green River, Wyoming 82935

Just blocks from
I-80 Exits 89 & 91

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LOCATION: 3 East Flaming Gorge Way Green River, Wyoming 82935

Just blocks from I-80 Exits 89 & 91

HOURS:Monday — Saturday 10 am to 6 pm Closed Sundays & major holidays

ADMISSION: FREE!

CONTACT:(307) 872-6435(307) 352-6715(307) 872-3234 fax