Wyoming PBS
Rancher Archaeologist, Dr. George Frison - Main Street, Wyoming
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- Rancher Archaeologist, Dr. George Frison - Main Street, Wyoming
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- 26:46
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Join us on Main Street Wyoming as we explore the life and career of Dr. George Frison. Dr. Frison is world renowned for his contributions to the archaeological community: from new methods of analyzing archaeological dig sites to his groundbreaking research on Paleo-Indian cultures. Perhaps his crowning achievement, however, has been inspiring in others an interest in archaeology - professionals and
enthusiasts alike - to uncover the secrets of days gone by.
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- Stories of Champions - Sandy Barton
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Wyoming PBS was selected to participate in the local production project "Stories of Champions", which provides companion pieces to the national broadcast of American Graduate Day 2014. Individuals chosen for the project needed to be able to demonstrate their commitment of keeping students on the path to graduation. Sandy Barton, Executive Director for Fremont County BOCES of Riverton.
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- Stories of Champions - Craig Ferris
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Craig Ferris, Wyoming Indian High School Basketball coach and educator from the Wind River Indian Reservation. Wyoming PBS was selected to participate in the local production project "Stories of Champions", which provides companion pieces to the national broadcast of American Graduate Day 2014. Individuals chosen for the project needed to be able to demonstrate their commitment of keeping students on the path to graduation.
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- Stories of Champions - Angie Schutlz
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Angie Schultz, lead teacher at the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy in Guernsey. Wyoming PBS was selected to participate in the local production project "Stories of Champions", which provides companion pieces to the national broadcast of American Graduate Day 2014. Individuals chosen for the project needed to be able to demonstrate their commitment of keeping students on the path to graduation.
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- Inside Energy - Coal Miner's Daughters
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Coal culture in Wyoming runs deep.
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- Farm To Fork Wyoming - Beekeeping
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- 27:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Wyoming has long been a prime source of top grade honey - but pollinator services, also known as migratory beekeeping, has kept our commercial honey producers in business for decades. We'll explore the subtle life of bees through the eyes of Jack States, long time member of Wyoming's beekeeping legacy, and Laramie urban beekeeper Rene Sollars.
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- Outstanding Childcare Provider Sherri Parmely
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Outstanding Childcare Provider Jennifer Corson
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Mending Fences
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- 1:18:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Mending Fences: How one Michigan town settled its reservation boundary battle without the courts. A panel discussion hosted by the Northern Arapaho tribe and Central Wyoming College on how a Wind River Reservation dispute with its neighbors might find resolution and better understanding. Moderated by Geoff O'Gara
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- Kenny Sailors Leap Of Faith
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The University of Wyoming men's basketball team was the best in America in 1943, winning both the NCAA and NIT tournaments and the Pokes rode on the not-very-tall shoulders of Kenny Sailors and his revolutionary (at the time) jump shot.
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- Trailer - 100 Years on the Lincoln Highway
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- 16:38
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Before the Interstate Highway System, before famed Route 66, before highways were even numbered, there was one road that started it all, one road that changed America forever: The Lincoln Highway. Premieres March 9, 2014, on Wyoming PBS.
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- Farm To Fork Wyoming - Grass Fed Beef
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- 27:06
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Fourth generation Wyoming ranchers, Bobby and Brendan Thoman return cattle to the family operation - using an elegant logic of healthier soil and a focus on both the cow and customer. Middle Fork Lander restaurant owner and chef Matt Sissman is also featured.
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- Wyoming PBS 25th Anniversary
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- 5:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Wyoming PBS 25th Anniversary
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- Mangelsen Auction - Teton Rush Hour
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Staying close to their mother's side, these grizzly cubs-of-the-year get their first introduction to people and the world along Pilgrim Creek Road. Bear 399, perhaps the most well known grizzly in North America, is known for using habitat near highways and roadways within Grand Teton National Park. Avoiding large males who roam the backcountry, 399 has learned to take advantage of the abundant and unused bear foods near the roadsides. This behavior of 399 has proven successful in the past—now raising her third set of triplets in this somewhat risky, human-influenced habitat. Hundreds of thousands of visitors and locals are cheering for this most remarkable family of grizzly bears.
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- Farm to Fork Wyoming - Community Supported Agriculture
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- 26:51
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Community Supported Agriculture is not new to Wyoming, but few of us know the thrill it offers - a weekly box of surprises, straight from the farm spring through fall. Maggie McAllister makes this obscurely named enterprise work in Daniel, Wyoming. We'll also learn about the art of fermenting vegetables with Diane Saenz, UW Extension Educator.
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- Cowboys of the Sky - Main Street, Wyoming
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- In this edition of Main Street Wyoming, we will look at the brave aviation pioneers who connected the coasts by flying U.S. Airmail across the country. Pilots like Slim Lewis, James Murray, Hal Colleson, and Jack Knight were among the most notable, braving the rugged skies in Wyoming and across the Rocky Mountain Region.
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- Farm to Fork Wyoming Short: Indian Pickle Spice
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Learn about the art of fermenting vegetables with Diane Saenz, UW Extension Educator. Diane shares a creative and simple approach to fermentation and it's many virtues. Tune in Friday, November 8th at 8 p.m. for Farm to Fork Wyoming: Community Supported Agriculture...and go to www.wyomingpbs.org/farmtofork for more information on this series and to view past episodes.
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- Cowboys of the Air
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Promo - Fly with the brave aviation pioneers who connected the coasts by flying U.S. Airmail across the country. Pilots like Slim Lewis, James Murray, Hal Colleson, and Jack Knight were among the bravest of these, braving the rugged skies in Wyoming and across the Rocky Mountain Region.
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- Young James Wilson, an amazing Wyoming musician (clip)
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- He's just a regular kid, who has played in Carnegie Hall. Don't miss Wyoming Chronicle on Nov. 1st at 7:30 p.m. when we introduce you to an amazing young Wyoming student, James Wilson, his family, his piano, and the Laramie music teacher they relocated thousands of miles to be near.
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- Wyoming Perspectives - Health Care Exchanges
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- 56:53
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Reservation Education
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- 32:01
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Reservation Education - With high dropout rates, low graduation and numerous social problems, Indian schools face a range of issues. Will the recent visit by two federal cabinet secretaries to Wind River schools make a difference? Chronicle visits schools on the reservation to talk with teachers, administrators and students about the state of their schools.
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- Everest 50th Reunion - Wyoming Chronicle
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Fifty years ago, their quest: was to become the first Americans to climb Mt. Everest. We open our new season and will meet some of the surviving members of that expedition including Jim Whittaker, the first American to reach the top, and interview Wyoming author Brot Coburn, author of The Vast Unknown: America's First Ascent of Everest
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- Wyoming Perspectives - Wyoming Youth Sports: Concussions and Head Injuries. A Parent's Guide
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- 57:41
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Parents across the state are trying to make sense of information regarding concussions and brain injuries and high school and college athletics. In this special live edition of Wyoming Perspectives, host Craig Blumenshine discusses this very important topic with guests Ryan Pinson, Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Wyoming; Trevor Wilson, Associate Commissioner of the Wyoming High School Activities Association; and Todd Wright, former University of Maryland football player and current Program Director for Rocky Mountain Re-entry Services which supports clients with acquired brain injuries. Wright is also a middle school football coach who emphasizes techniques to reduce concussive blows in practices and games.
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- Farm To Fork Wyoming - Dairy Herd Shares
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- 27:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- We catch up with herd share manager Frank Wallis, whose herd supplies milk to 90+ Wyoming families spread from Buffalo to Sheridan and Gillette. At the Wallis family's EZ Rocking Ranch beauty and nature's logic abound. We'll see how Frank keeps it all going, and learn something about the gratification of being an "Owner Certified" dairy. Also, nutrition expert and educator Monica Corrado.
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- Farm to Fork Wyoming - JACKSON TO STAR VALLEY
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- 26:49
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming PBS's Farm to Fork Wyoming Premiered in May with a half hour pilot feature exploring some of the surprising bounty harvested from Wyoming's "Zone 4" landscape. Producer Stefani Smith takes a trip to Haderlie Farms of Star Valley to meet owner/producer Curtis Haderlie. You'll learn a little about the valley's agricultural past and what makes a farmer rethink the conventional approach to food production in Wyoming. From Star Valley, we'll follow the harvest of Curtis' farm into the kitchen of the Teton Village Four Seasons Resort Hotel. We'll meet Executive Chef Michael Goralski and Sous-Chef Erik Sakai to learn about their inspired farmer/food connection and see the bounty delivered to plate!
Farm To Fork Wyoming also screened at the Pinedale LocalFest 2013 May 17th. Wyoming PBS will rebroadcast the show on June 10th at 9:30 p.m. You can also now see the show online, but catch the show broadcast to enjoy the full beauty of HD.
Farm to Fork Wyoming is...
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- What's so special about Wyoming
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- 26:50
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT WYOMING?
It's not enough to say wide-open spaces and not so many people. What defines those who flout the high winds and low opinions of outsiders to remain here? Our official motto is "Equal Rights". Sometimes we call ourselves "The Cowboy State." But how do those self-proclaimed descriptions match up to reality? We'll hear from dozens of Wyomingites on what they like and dislike about this place, and about what makes it, in the words of a state road sign: "Like no place on Earth".
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- Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury
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- 26:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- How treatment is provided to one in five Wyoming veterans who receive care for the lingering effects of wartime trauma.
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- Wyoming and the Second Amendment
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- 57:13
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- As the national debate over gun rights continues in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings, Wyoming PBS presentd an hour-long live call-in program "Wyoming and the Second Amendment".
The program will emphasize understanding the issues such as the divide between gun owners and gun control advocates, whether new laws are needed, the true dimension of gun violence and its roots, how to avoid the politics that make any progress possible, and new ways to work toward reducing the number of needless firearms deaths including mental health reforms. We will look at attitudes towards guns in Wyoming and how this state ranks in preventing gun violence.
Richard Ager, the host of Wyoming Chronicle, hosts and moderates. The panel guests are Dr. Phil Roberts, history professor at the University of Wyoming and author of a recent opinion in Wyofile.com about the history of regulating guns in Wyoming towns. Our second guest is Dan Baum, the author of the new book "Gun Guys: A...
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- Gerry Spence - Part II
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- 26:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- In part two of our interview with Gerry Spence, host Richard Ager continues his discussions with Spence about his life and famous cases.
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- Gerry Spence
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- 26:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- The story of the lawyer who could not lose. In part one of our interview with Gerry Spence, host Richard Ager speaks with Spence about his life and famous cases and with 50 attorneys from around the country who are enrolled in Spence's Trial Lawyer's College located outside Dubois, Wyoming. Be prepared to be surprised by some of the teaching methods at the college.
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- Cat Urbigkit
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- 26:50
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Cat Urbigkit has been a reporter, author, photographer and now a sheep herder. In her book "Shepherds of Coyote Rocks: Public Lands, Private Herds and the Natural World", Cat shares the experiences of tending her herd through a season on the wild open range of the Wind River Mountains.
She tells of encounters with predators, and the gentler and sometimes humorous side of nature's creatures. Through her experiences, she reflects on how the modern world co-exists with the natural world.
A conversation with Cat Urbigkit casts shepherds in a whole new light, revealing a remarkable world of cooperation between humans and animal helpers.
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- Ranch Life - Wyoming Chronicle
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- 26:48
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Producers Richard Ager and Stefani Smith return to the subject of agriculture in Wyoming. Season 4 of Wyoming Chronicle launched back in September 2012 with an exploration of the drought and how it has affected the lives of ranchers and farmers in the region. Now, as winter drifts into spring, Stefani Smith catches up with JW and Jared Hendry, brothers and 4th generation owners of Clear Creek Cattle Company near Lysite. The brothers take Smith on a tour of their 100 year old family operation and the life they've not only inherited, but claimed as their own.
Executive Producer Richard Ager follows this ranch tour with a round table discussion on the succession of the ranching way of life, and the challenges ranchers face. Guests include JW Hendry of Clear Creek Cattle Company; Mike Evans of E-Bar-Diamond Ranch, who left the forestry service with his wife decades ago to make a life in ranching "from scratch"; and Scott Keith with the Agribusiness Division of the Wyoming Busi...
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- Locavores
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- 27:36
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- After more than ten years of growth, farmers markets and local market producers face the challenge of satisfying the demand of their customers. Marketing direct to the consumer is the primary means of capturing profits and is also the essence of this marketplace that touts the virtues of knowing where our food comes from.
But this virtuous logic is met with contention in the area of consumer safety. Wyoming Chronicle host Richard Ager talks with House Representative Sue Wallis, Director of Consumer Safety Dean Finkenbinder, and Direct to Consumer Producer Mike Ridenour for a look at issues affecting profitable growth in this area of agriculture.
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- End of Track
- Runtime
- 1:00:45
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad’s construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infancy. It’s a story of incredible engineering achievements and boisterous “Hell on Wheels” towns. A story of greed and corruption, murder and mayhem; of a clash of cultures and Native American retaliation. But it’s also a story of hope and ambition, determination and unimagined success.
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- Rock Springs - End of Track Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 59:53
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad's construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infancy. It's a story of incredible engineering achievements and boisterous "Hell on Wheels" towns. A tale of greed and corruption, murder and mayhem. An account of a clash of cultures and Native American retaliation. But it's also a story of hope and ambition, determination and unimagined success.
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- Evanston - End of Track Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 48:45
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Transcontinental Railroad
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- Laramie - End of Track Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 55:52
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad's construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infancy. It's a story of incredible engineering achievements and boisterous "Hell on Wheels" towns. A tale of greed and corruption, murder and mayhem. An account of a clash of cultures and Native American retaliation. But it's also a story of hope and ambition, determination and unimagined success.
Premiere date: March 10, 2013 on Wyoming PBS.
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- Cheyenne - End Of Track Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 57:58
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad's construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infancy. It's a story of incredible engineering achievements and boisterous "Hell on Wheels" towns. A tale of greed and corruption, murder and mayhem. An account of a clash of cultures and Native American retaliation. But it's also a story of hope and ambition, determination and unimagined success.
Premiere date: March 10, 2013 on Wyoming PBS.
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- A Look Back at the Wyoming Legislature
- Runtime
- 26:56
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming Chronicle returns with a post-mortem on the just-completed Legislative session. After 36 long days and nights, you could hear the sighs of relief through the corridors of the Capitol last week. Most representatives and senators had expected a quiet session. Instead, they got a public firestorm in which an elected official lost most of her powers and launched a lawsuit against the governor. Add to that a number of hot button hearings that required extra security, highly aroused citizen activists who lingered for days, and you've got something to talk about. Host Richard Ager is joined by Darrell Ehrilck, Editor of the Casper Star-Tribune; Reed Eckhardt, Executive Editor of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; and Greg Nickerson, Capitol reporter for Wyofile.
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- Zach Even - Love and Perspective
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming Artist Zach Even talks about his love for art and why he paints.
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- Zach Even - My Process
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming artist Zach Even talks about starting with one reference, usually a fish that he has caught, to develop paintings like the Golden Trout to be auctioned by Wyoming PBS.
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- Zach Even - My Art
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Wyoming artist Zach Even discusses his style and his painting that will be auctioned for Wyoming PBS in March, 2013
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- Wyoming PBS - Kenny Sailors Auction
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The University of Wyoming men's basketball team was the best in America in 1943, winning both the NCAA and NIT tournaments and the Pokes rode on the not-very-tall shoulders of Kenny Sailors and his revolutionary (at the time) jump shot..
Join Wyoming PBS for another locally produced documentary on Wyoming basketball great Kenny Sailors. PREMIERES March 5 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Wyoming PBS.
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- Wyoming PBS - Zach Even Art Auction
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming PBS will be taking bids LIVE Saturday evening March 9, 2013 on this beautiful original oil painting on canvas by Wyoming artist Zach Even -- Place an early bid on-line now, but also, get in on the final Live bidding when you tune in on March 9th and call 1-800-495-9788 to place that winning bid for this beautiful painting.
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- Wyoming's Original Main Street - Main Street, Wyoming
- Runtime
- 26:56
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- We explore how Robert Stuart's discover of South Pass became a catalyst for America's westward expansion.
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- Capitol Outlook - State of the State
- Runtime
- 58:41
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- After a broadcast of the 2013 State of the State speech, Capitol Outlook discusses Wyoming Governor Matt Mead's address to the 62nd Legislature
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- Unequal in the Equality State- Jimmy Simmons' Story (Web Extra)
- Runtime
- 12:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Wyoming Chronicle will take a look at a little-known piece of Wyoming history: The Black Cowboys of Wyoming. In this web extra, host Richard Ager continues his visit with former Cowboy Jimmy Simmons who is now President of the Casper NAACP.
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- Unequal in the Equality State- Jimmy Simmons' Story
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Wyoming Chronicle will take a look at a little-known piece of Wyoming history: The Black Cowboys of Wyoming. We explore their lives in the Equality State through historic photos and an interview with former Cowboy Jimmy Simmons who is now President of the Casper NAACP. A panel discussion follows with Simmons and Prof. Todd Guenther of Central Wyoming College.
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- Christmas At St. Mary's - Wyoming Chronicle
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- 56:50
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- CHRISTMAS AT ST. MARY'S - A Wyoming Chronicle Special originally broadcast in December, 2012, "Christmas at St. Mary's" features the Cheyenne Capital Chorale, performing Vivaldi's Gloria with symphonic accompaniment. Staged in the spectacular St. Mary's Cathedral of Cheyenne, Vivaldi's powerful series of 12 arrangements for solo and choral performance accompanied by symphonic orchestra. Enjoy the sound and visual splendor of Vivaldi and other seasonal spirituals performed in the acoustic environ they were intended for, the gothic cathedral. St. Mary's, with its classic stained glass, is of one of Wyoming's architectural treasures.
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- A Conversation with Governor Mead - Wyoming Perspectives
- Runtime
- 57:37
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A one-on-one conversation with Wyoming Governor Matt Mead. Originally broadcast Dec. 13, 2012 on Wyoming PBS

