Everyone invited!
Sommers Homestead Living History Museum Open House on Sunday, Sept. 3 from 10AM to 3PM. Free lunch at noon (don't be late).
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Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame
Sublette County 2016 inductees into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame: Ira & Edna McWilliams, Robert "Bert" Harvey, and Norm Richie.
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Sommers Homestead Living History Museum Open House Sept. 3
September 1, 2017
The Sommers Homestead Living History Museum invites everyone to come out to their 7th Annual Open House on Sunday, September 3rd from 10:00AM to 3:00PM.
This is the last chance to tour the 100+ year old Homestead historical site this season. There will be a free lunch of delicious home-cooked food starting at noon (don’t be late). With the beef there will be favorite family recipes of potatoes, beans, homemade breads, salads and delicious homemade pies and desserts.
At 1:00PM there will be a presentation honoring the Sublette County 2016 inductees into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame: Ira & Edna McWilliams, Robert "Bert" Harvey, and Norm Richie. The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame honors Wyoming’s rich working cowboy and ranching history by each year highlighting the outstanding cowboys and cowgirls who broke the first trails and introduced the ranching and cowboy culture to the state. Inductees are nominated and must have spent the majority of their lives in Wyoming with at least 45 years in the saddle with ranching, riding, and cowboy skills. More information can be found at www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.com.
The Sommers Homestead Living History Museum interprets the early settlement and ranching history of the Upper Green River Valley of Wyoming from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. It is a hands-on living history museum where visitors are encouraged to "touch, see, and do" to experience the history. There is a milk cow that can really be milked, a hand water pump to get water, hand washing laundry with wash boards, finding ice in the Ice House, leathercraft, collecting chicken eggs, throwing a lariat, and much more. Restored buildings on the historic site include the two-story log Homestead house built in 1907, an Ice House, underground Cellar, Shop, Meat House, Bunk House, Barn, and Outhouse. The Homestead is all-volunteer run and admission during the season is by donation. The Homestead historical site opened in 2011 and is a cooperative project of the Sublette County Historical Society, Green River Valley Museum, and siblings Jonita and Albert Sommers. More information about the Homestead can be found at www.sommershomestead.org.
Local favorite country-western musician Jared Rogerson will be on hand during the Open House playing live music and singing during the day.
Directions: The Sommers Homestead Living History Museum is located 7.3 miles south of US 191 on the East Green River Road. After turning south at the Cora Junction on US 191 by the Trappers Point wildlife overpass, stay left keeping on the main high road and follow the signs to the Homestead. Everyone is invited. Click on this link for a map to the Homestead.
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