Sweetwater County, WY (5/17/19) – Brie Blasi, Executive Director of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River, expressed her special thanks Friday to the volunteers – and others – who participated in this year’s four-day, Third Grade History Fair, which ran from Tuesday, May 14, through Friday, May 17.
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Around 700 students from all over the county participated this year. Each received a guided tour of the museum, reviewed special exhibits and demonstrations about ranching, mining, mountain men, Native Americans, and the railroad at Centennial Park, and participated in hands-on activities grounded in frontier history such as gold panning and making their own butter.
Among the volunteers who made this year’s event possible:
- Kaleigh Shutran
- Charles Conway
- Tim Savage
- Mike Masterson
- Dennis Freeman
- Landry Roskelley
- Richelle Rawlings-Carroll
- Lynne Demshar
- Diana Wiig
- Michele Irwin
- Firefighters from the Green River Fire Department
- Chris Williams
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Blasi also expressed her appreciation to Brad Raney, Kristine Lessard, and Doug Stewart of Green River Parks & Recreation, for making possible the use of Centennial Park, and Chief Mike Nomis of the Green River Fire Department, for issuing a special fire permit for Landry Roskelly’s Native American tipi, along with special thanks to Bill Taliaferro for the use of his sheep camp.
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