Meeteetse Stories

Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4 with this bonus episode! In this episode, we dive into the life of Josh Deane and touch on each of his marriages. Please excuse any audio quality problems, we had problems with the audio during this recording. To learn more about Josh Deane: Check out the “Mayor of Meeteetse” book available at the Meeteetse Museums gift store Read this blog post on Josh Deane: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/6263-2/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/6263-2/]   If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/]   The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we look into the life and myths surrounding Victor Arland and the infamous town of Arland. To learn more about Victor Arland, read this blog post on the Meeteetse Museums’ website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/wine-honey-and-saloons-victor-arland-in-the-bighorn-basin/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/wine-honey-and-saloons-victor-arland-in-the-bighorn-basin/] To learn more about Arland’s business partner, John Franklin Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/john-franklin-corbett/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/john-franklin-corbett/] To learn more about John Corbett’s wife, Mary Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/women-proprietors-of-early-meeteetse-part-ii-mary-j-corbett/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/women-proprietors-of-early-meeteetse-part-ii-mary-j-corbett/] To learn more about the Dadant family, check out their website here: https://www.dadant.com/history/ [https://www.dadant.com/history/] For more on the history of honey in the United States: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60500500/PDFFiles/1-100/011-Oertel--Honey%20Prices.pdf [https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60500500/PDFFiles/1-100/011-Oertel--Honey%20Prices.pdf] https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/candles2.html#:~:text=Beeswax%20candles%20burn%20brighter%20and,in%20Europe%20during%20this%20time [https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/candles2.html#:~:text=Beeswax%20candles%20burn%20brighter%20and,in%20Europe%20during%20this%20time]. https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/honey-bees-in-early-america-white-mans-flies-fact-and-fiction/ [https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/honey-bees-in-early-america-white-mans-flies-fact-and-fiction/] For more information on prostitution in the American West: William Sanger, The History of Prostitution; its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the World (New York: Harper and Bros., 1858). https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=ugrad_theses [https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=ugrad_theses], https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2348&context=etd [https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2348&context=etd] https://curioushistorian.com/saloon-girls-the-soiled-doves-of-the-old-west [https://curioushistorian.com/saloon-girls-the-soiled-doves-of-the-old-west] https://www.bu.edu/articles/2011/a-brothel-reveals-its-secrets/ [https://www.bu.edu/articles/2011/a-brothel-reveals-its-secrets/] https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543241 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543241] https://academic.oup.com/florida-scholarship-online/book/31079/chapter-abstract/264076263?redirectedFrom=fulltext [https://academic.oup.com/florida-scholarship-online/book/31079/chapter-abstract/264076263?redirectedFrom=fulltext] https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/online-exhibits/history-of-birth-control/contraception-in-america-1800-1900/19th-century-artifacts/ [https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/online-exhibits/history-of-birth-control/contraception-in-america-1800-1900/19th-century-artifacts/] https://time.com/3662361/women-american-west/     If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/]   The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0. Also included in this episode was, “Slow Western Intro” by Brian Holtz Music which can be found here: https://filmmusic.io/song/8782-slow-western-intro [https://filmmusic.io/song/8782-slow-western-intro] and is licensed under CC by 4.0.

Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we dive into the mysterious past of former Meeteetse resident Peter Perrin and his connection to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. For more on Peter Perrin, listen to Season 1 of “Meeteetse Stories” or check out this blog post on the Meeteetse Museums website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/meeteetses-civil-war-veterans/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/meeteetses-civil-war-veterans/] To learn more about the USS Montauk, the assassination of President Lincoln, and spies in the Civil War, explore these sources: https://patch.com/new-york/southampton/bp--the-story-of-the-ironclad-uss-montauk-in-the-civil-war [https://patch.com/new-york/southampton/bp--the-story-of-the-ironclad-uss-montauk-in-the-civil-war] https://www.southamptonhistory.org/post/the-union-iron-clad-monitor-montauk [https://www.southamptonhistory.org/post/the-union-iron-clad-monitor-montauk] https://www.history.nd.gov/publications/lincolns-bodyguard.pdf [https://www.history.nd.gov/publications/lincolns-bodyguard.pdf] https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-wilkes-booth [https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-wilkes-booth] https://www.visitmaryland.org/article/who-was-john-wilkes-booth [https://www.visitmaryland.org/article/who-was-john-wilkes-booth] https://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/neff/pdfs/guttridge_identification.pdf [https://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/neff/pdfs/guttridge_identification.pdf] https://americanhistory.si.edu/lincoln/booth-and-lincoln [https://americanhistory.si.edu/lincoln/booth-and-lincoln]   If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/]   The music in this episode is:  “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0. “Mysterious” by Tom Aldrich [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/tom-aldrich/] is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0]. “Mysterious Footprints” by Nutmeg is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we are joined by Brain Beauvais with the Park County Archives to learn more about Meeteetse’s connection to early conservation in the United States. The episode focuses on the lives of A.A. Anderson and William Pickett. To learn more about William Pickett’s life, watch this presentation by Brain Beauvais given to the Meeteetse Museums: https://youtu.be/G_A2jjQEu6s To learn more about the firearms used by William Pickett in his bear hunting, watch this presentation given by Danny Michael, Curator of the firearms museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West: https://youtu.be/JXAUgWcujAQ To learn more about the North American Model of conservation, listen to Season 2 Episode 2 of “Meeteetse Stories” For more on the forest reserves, we suggest these sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/learn/our-history https://www.neh.gov/article/frenemies-john-muir-and-gifford-pinchot Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands by John Clayton https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/conservation-versus-preservation If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/ The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we learn about the lives of George and Carrie Hurlbut who lived on the Wood River. George was Park County’s first county surveyor and Carrie taught at numerous area schools including Otto, Fenton, and Sunshine. For more information on Carrie Hurlbut and her goats, watch this oral history on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/75OvaSGIVvc [https://youtu.be/75OvaSGIVvc] To learn more about surveying, check out these sources: https://rsc.byu.edu/far-away-west/cartographic-representations-american-west-eve-mormon-exodus [https://rsc.byu.edu/far-away-west/cartographic-representations-american-west-eve-mormon-exodus] https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/maps-and-mapmaking/ [https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/maps-and-mapmaking/] https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/surveying-colonial/ [https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/surveying-colonial/]   To learn more about the history of teaching, check out these sources: https://web.stanford.edu/~dlabaree/publications/An_Uneasy_Relationship_Proofs.pdf [https://web.stanford.edu/~dlabaree/publications/An_Uneasy_Relationship_Proofs.pdf] https://suny.buffalostate.edu/news/1871-2021-short-history-education-united-states [https://suny.buffalostate.edu/news/1871-2021-short-history-education-united-states] https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html [https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html]   If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/ [https://meeteetsemuseums.org/]   The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.