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MESA Horse Show Oct. 18 (posted 10/17/2025)

Celebration of Life for Wilma Shriver October 25 (posted 10/14/2025)

Ski Team Fundraiser & Film Night Oct. 25

Sublette County Democratic Party Think Tank Oct. 21 (posted 10/12/2025)

The Gooch Family makes generous donation to the Museum of the Mountain Man (posted 10/12/2025)

Ground Breaking for Fort Sublette October 18 (posted 10/12/2025)

Bee presentation Oct. 22 (posted 10/12/2025)

Ask Flora - Autumn 2025 (posted 10/3/2025)

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October 18: Ground Breaking for Fort Sublette - For the building of an 1830s era fort to be named Fort Sublette. Saturday, at 1:00PM on the North lawn at the Museum of the Mountain Man. Join the Museum and members of the American Mountain Men for the start of building an 1830s era fort to be named Fort Sublette. The Fort will allow living history interpretation and demonstrations all summer long expanding the partnership with the American Mountain Men (AMM) who have provided living history interpretation during Green River Rendezvous and Living History Days for 25 years. Thanks to a very generous $450,000 donation by the Gooch Family (Rusty, Rosemary, Lindsey & Wes) and a matching $225,000 grant from Sublette County for funding to build the new fort on the grounds of the Museum. Public invited.
October 18: MESA Therapeutic Horsemanship Horse Show: Making Missions Possible - Sublette County Fairgrounds, 4:00PM. Dinner and Art Show afterwards. Donations appreciated. This year’s horse show theme is based on Mission Impossible. MESA riders show off their Top-Secret skills at the MESA Horse Show. It will be night filled with action, thrills, and food. We invite you to join our mission and show your support for the MESA riders at the Sublette County Fairgrounds. Everyone invited. Come help MESA make missions possible…come see the show and become a sponsor! www.mesarides.org
October 21: Sublette County Democratic Party Think Tank - Topic: Your Public Lands. Pinedale Library, Lovatt Room, 6-8PM. Hear from people working on the ground and in government about the current state of federal land management, how it is shaping the future of those lands, and your use and access in Wyoming and Sublette County. Panel speakers: Wyoming Wilderness Association, Wyoming Game & Fish, Wyoming Outdoor Council, and more. For more info see sublettewyodems.net or on Facebook: facebook.com/SubletteWyoDems
October 22: Bee presentation - The Sublette County Bee Society invites everyone to a presentation, "All The Bee Things," on Wednesday, October 22 from 6:30PM – 8:00PM in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale Library. Free class, with a panel of experts. There will be contests and prizes, flower seeds, crafts, membership info, drinks and snacks. The event is sponsored by the Sublette County Bee Society and Sublette County Library. Please RSVP to sublettecountybeesociety.com. For more information, call 917-559-9458 or 307-367-4114.
October 23-25: Matilda - Presentation of the Pinedale Theatre Company featuring many local children. Tickets are on sale now at local outlets (Cowboy Shop, Nested West, Office Outlets, and online, https://pinedaletheatre.com/
October 31: Halloween at the Museum of the Mountain Man - History is everywhere! Even in candy! Scavenger hunt for children from 9AM to 5PM. Turn completed scavenger hunt form in for a candy bag treat. Children must be accompanied by an adult or guardian. Free event. This is the last day open for the season at the Museum.
October 31: Trick-or-Treat Street in Pinedale - If you would like to be listed as a participating business, please let the Chamber know, 307-367-2242. They also have room for a few businesses inside the Visitor Center in Pinedale. If you'd like to reserve a space there to pass out candy, message the Chamber.

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MESA Horse Show Oct. 18 (posted 10/17/2025)
MESA Therapeutic Horsemanship will be hosting their annual Horse Show on Saturday, October 18th at 4:00PM at the Sublette County Fairgrounds. This year’s theme is: Making Missions Possible. Everyone is invited. Dinner and Art Show afterwards. Donations appreciated. This year’s horse show theme is based on Mission Impossible. MESA riders show off their Top-Secret skills at the MESA Horse Show. It will be night filled with action, thrills, and food. We invite you to join our mission and show your support for the MESA riders. Come help MESA make missions possible…come see the show and become a sponsor!

Related Links:
www.mesarides.org

Celebration of Life for Wilma Shriver October 25 (posted 10/14/2025)
Wilma May Moore came into this world at the Rock Springs, WY hospital. Born to Jeannette Showers Moore and William Ben (Buck) Moore on November 3, 1938. Wilma was also greeted by her brother Alvin, two years her senior.

Through her early years, the family moved frequently between Rock Springs, Farson, Pinedale and Kendall Valley, Wyoming. Her real love of outdoors and nature developed through these years as this was her safe place and solace. Kendall Valley was her real home in her heart. Wilma attended Pinedale High School (1954-57), and in her Junior year she started dating Kenneth Shriver. Upon graduation, Kenneth and Wilma married, June 2, 1957.

Kenneth and Wilma started their family April 11, 1959, when Vicki Kay was born. Brandon Earl came along seven years later on March 23, 1966. Wilma loved the stability of never moving and the values ranch life gave to her children. Kenneth was her safe place. Her other half. They shared a life for 52 years on the ranch, when Kenneth preceded her in passing January, 2012.

She had a strong tie to family and is survived by her son, Brandon Shriver and his wife Sue, her daughter, Vicki Lozier and grandchildren: Cody Lozier, Ben Shriver, Chris Shriver, Aspen Shenefelt and Ginger Dye. Great grandchild: Brooklyn Shriver.

Wilma passed peacefully in her long-time ranch home, surrounded by family, October 4th 2025. Only a month before her 87th birthday, joining her lifelong love, Kenneth, who was the "Wind Beneath Her Wings."

Please join us for Wilma’s Celebration of Life at the Covill Funeral Home in Pinedale on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 11:00am.

Related Links:
Obituary – Wilma Shriver, November 3, 1938 - October 4, 2025 Covill Funeral Home, Pinedale, Wyoming

Ski Team Fundraiser & Film Night Oct. 25
The Sublette County Ski & Snowboard Association and Pinedale High School Ski Team invite everyone to a special evening Ski Team Fundraiser & Film Night on Saturday, October 25th in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale Library. The event starts at 6:00PM, doors open at 5:00PM. Dinner by Pitchfork Fondue. There will also be a Gear Raffle.

Local pro skier, Amy David will be showing the full film, "The Way Back", about retracing the David family local homesteading history and herself horse packing through the Wyoming Range to ski. There will also be a presentation by Jayne Nolan, Executive Director of the American Avalanche Association.

This is a fundraiser for the PHS ski teams and Sublette County Ski and Snowboard Club. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students, kids 12 & under free. Ticket includes dinner and 1st raffle ticket.

Sublette County Democratic Party Think Tank Oct. 21 (posted 10/12/2025)
Sublette County Democratic Party will host a Think Tank on Tuesday, October 21st. The topic will be: Your Public Lands. This event will be at the Pinedale Library Lovatt Room from 6-8PM. Hear from people working on the ground and in government about the current state of federal land management, how it is shaping the future of those lands, and your use and access in Wyoming and Sublette County. Panel speakers: Wyoming Wilderness Association, Wyoming Game & Fish, Wyoming Outdoor Council, and more. For more info, see sublettewyodems.net or on Facebook: facebook.com/SubletteWyoDems

The Gooch Family makes generous donation to the Museum of the Mountain Man (posted 10/12/2025)
PINEDALE, WYOMING – The Museum of the Mountain Man is honored to announce a generous $450,000 monetary donation from the Gooch Family, whose deep roots in Sublette County and appreciation for local history inspired their contribution. The donation will be used to build Fort Sublette for living history interpretation.

Bruce "Rusty" Gooch was raised in an Army Air Force family and experienced many parts of the United States during his youth. In 1953, his ties to Sublette County began when he started visiting his grandfather, Cortland Tisher, whose property adjoined the land where the Museum of the Mountain Man now stands. Those summer visits became an annual tradition that firmly established the Gooch family’s connection to the Pinedale area.

After graduating from college in 1967, Rusty moved to Pinedale, where he owned and operated the Triangle R Lodge—a well-known outfitting business and motel that served both locals and visitors. In addition to his work as an outfitter, Rusty also dabbled in a number of real estate and business investments throughout the area, reflecting his commitment to the growth and vitality of the community.

In 1974, he moved to Jackson before returning to Pinedale in 1986 with his then wife and two children, Lindsey and Wesley Gooch, both of whom attended and graduated from the schools in Pinedale. In 2010, he married Rosemary Turk, who, though not a local, quickly developed her own fondness for the area and its history—further strengthening the family’s ties to Sublette County.

"The Gooch Family believes the Museum of the Mountain Man is an incredible asset to our community—one that keeps the history and spirit of the area alive for generations to come," said Rusty Gooch.

The Sublette County Historical Society and Museum of the Mountain Man extend their sincere gratitude to the Gooch Family for their generosity and their ongoing commitment to preserving the stories and heritage that define this remarkable region.

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For more information, contact Clint Gilchrist, Executive Director, Museum of the Mountain Man, director@mmmuseum.com, 307-367-4101.

Ground Breaking for Fort Sublette October 18 (posted 10/12/2025)
At the Museum of the Mountain Man
PINEDALE, WYOMING - Thanks to a very generous $450,000 donation by the Gooch Family (Rusty, Rosemary, Lindsey & Wes) and a matching $225,000 grant from Sublette County, the Museum of the Mountain Man is building an 1830s era fort to be named Fort Sublette. The Fort will allow living history interpretation and demonstrations all summer long expanding the partnership with the American Mountain Men (AMM) who have provided living history interpretation during Green River Rendezvous and Living History Days for 25 years.

Ground breaking will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 1pm at the Museum of the Mountain Man with a short program honoring the donors and the strong AMM/MMM partnership. Dirt work to prepare the site for construction will be completed this fall. During the winter, cabins and blockhouses will be built off site and moved to the fort site in the spring and summer of 2026. When complete, a 100ft by 100ft log palisade wall will be built around the location with a gate opening onto the large lawn at the Museum. Optimistically, the fort will be ready for Rendezvous in July 2026.

Fort Sublette is designed anticipating what William Sublette might have built if he had chosen to build a Fort here in the 1830s. It is inspired by what is known about real forts of the time, including Fort Bonneville (1832), Fort William (1832) – later Fort Laramie, Fort Bridger (1842), Fort Hall (1834), Fort Boise (1834), Fort Buenaventura (1846), Fort Union (1828), and Bent’s Fort (1833). The living history interpretation, guided by the American Mountain Men, will include a trade room where visitor can trade for period items, blacksmith, inventory room, fur room, fur press, living quarters, Booshway house, supply/equipment room, tailor shop, dining/cooking, beaver press, corral, tack room, beaver trapping, beaver processing, hand talk, firearms, among others period crafts and skills.

William Sublette is the namesake of the new fort. He was among the small group of trappers who entered the Green River Valley in the spring of 1824 to find abundant beaver and friendly Shoshone Indians. Hitting the motherlode, they sent word to St. Louis for more supplies. The first Rendezvous was held when supplies arrived the next summer and 16 Rendezvous were held from 1825-1840, including six where Horse Creek joins Green River near what is now Daniel, Wyoming. William Sublette became a company owner (Smith, Jackson, & Sublette) and later primary supplier to the Rocky Mountain fur trade. He built Fort William (later named Fort Laramie) and several other forts along the Missouri River. Sublette County is named for William and his four brothers (Milton, Andrew, Pinckney & Solomon).

American Mountain Men - The American Mountain Men is a national association of individuals dedicated to the preservation of the traditions and ways of our nation’s greatest, most daring explorers and pioneers, the mountain men. Their goals are to keep alive the skills of the mountain men, to preserve their abilities and emulate their way of life as historically accurately as possible. As partners of the Museum over the last 25 years, they educate approximately 1000 students during Living History Days held each May, and thousands of visitors during Green River Rendezvous each July.

Museum of the Mountain Man - A dream since 1936 when the Sublette County Historical Society was formed and the first Rendezvous Pageant was held, the Museum of the Mountain Man was started in 1974 and fully opened in 1990 by a dedicated and relentless group of locals who were determined to make it happen. Thirty-five years later, the institution is thriving with over 10,000 visitors from all 50 states and at least 30 countries each year. It is the only museum dedicated to the mountain men and Rocky Mountain fur trade era. The Sublette County Historical Society, dba Museum of the Mountain Man is a public, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Trustees elected by the membership.

Bicentennial Expansion - The fort is the first step in a major expansion effort honoring the bicentennial of rendezvous (2025-2040). The Bicentennial Expansion envisions tripling the facility space, expanding interpretation of the Plains Indians, building an Alfred Jacob Miller art gallery and strengthening museum operation with a state-of-the-art collections care facility, among other initiatives. It is this generation’s turn to build on the great platform our predecessors worked so hard for, leaving a stronger institution that will last for the next centennial and spreading the story of the mountain men.

For more information, contact Clint Gilchrist, Executive Director, Museum of the Mountain Man, director@mmmuseum.com, 307-367-4101.

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Museum of the MountainMan Pinedale, Wyoming
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Bee presentation Oct. 22 (posted 10/12/2025)
The Sublette County Bee Society invites everyone to a presentation, "All The Bee Things," on Wednesday, October 22 from 6:30PM – 8:00PM in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale Library. Free class, with a panel of experts. There will be contests and prizes, flower seeds, crafts, membership info, drinks and snacks. The event is sponsored by the Sublette County Bee Society and Sublette County Library. Please RSVP to sublettecountybeesociety.com. For more information, call 917-559-9458 or 307-367-4114.

Ask Flora - Autumn 2025 (posted 10/3/2025)
Sage & Snow Garden Club
Dear Flora,
I have always wanted to plant garlic in my raised beds, but my timing has always been off. Can you give me some advice on growing garlic in Sublette County?
Thanks—Autumn Grower

Dear Autumn,
Local gardeners have been very successful in growing garlic here. Listed below are a few tips gathered from garden club members:
- Always plant hardneck varieties of garlic—local favorites include German Extra Hardy, Montana Giant, and Music. Members have had success ordering bulbs from companies like Keene Organics and Northern Garlic.
- Plant garlic bulbs in the fall. 4 weeks prior to freeze--usually late September to mid-October. Plant in raised or in-ground beds (no local success in containers or lick tubs).
- Since garlic is a heavy feeder, fertilize your soil with a good all-purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer or compost before planting.
- Separate the cloves from each bulb. Choose the largest cloves for planting.
- You may choose to do a garlic seed treatment or fertilizer soak to give them a boost which reduce diseases, increases plant health, and increases bulb size. Go to
https://keeneorganics.com/ for complete instructions on this step.
- Plant garlic into prepared soil about 3 inches deep & 4 inches apart with the tip of the clove up and the root side down. Cover the tip of the clove with approximately 3 inches of soil.
- Put 3-6" of mulch (straw or shredded leaves) over your garlic after the ground freezes and wait until spring!
- In the spring, when the garlic scapes emerge from the hardneck garlic bulb and start to curl--pick the scapes off of the garlic plants to promote bulb development. Eat them!
They are delicious.
- Water plants enough to keep soil moist and apply liquid fertilizer every few weeks throughout the summer.
- Harvest bulbs when you have 5 full green leaves remaining or 50% of the leaves have died from the bottom, usually mid-August.
- Cure garlic in a dry, warm, well-ventilated place out of the sun for several days. Cut the stalks 1 inch above the bulb and trim the roots close to the base of the bulb.
- Store your garlic in mesh bags or paper sacks in a cool, dry environment. Garlic can be dried or frozen for longer storage.
- After the late summer harvest, local gardeners save some of their largest bulbs to replant in the fall for the next year’s crop.

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Dear Flora,
My kids had so much fun planting flower bulbs at the library a few weeks ago with the gardening club! We can’t wait to see how beautiful the 350+ bulbs look when they come up in the library courtyard next spring.
I was hoping that you might have some fun ideas for planting bulbs on a smaller scale at home with my kids?
Appreciated,
Daffy Star

Dear Daffy,
Have you ever heard of lasagna gardening? A fun project for kids (and adults too) is layering a planter with spring bulbs that will provide some colorful blooms next spring when temperatures start to warm up. Here is the "recipe":
- Pick a nice size pot that has good drainage holes. Place a few inches of gravel or rocks in the bottom to assist with drainage.
- Layer potting soil and/or compost to 8 inches below the rim of the pot.
- In general, the largest and latest flowering of your bulbs should be at the bottom of your container, moving to the smallest and earliest flowering in the top layer. So place your last flowering and largest bulbs on the soil/compost as your bottom layer.
- Set a layer of larger bulbs, spacing at least the width of the bulb apart. Make sure the tips point up.
- Add 2 inches of soil; add another layer of bulbs.
- Add 3 more inches of soil; add a third layer of smaller bulbs.
- Top with soil and light layer of mulch.
- Spring-flowering bulbs require chilling for at least three or four months.
- Set the pot in your garage or cold frame where the temperature remains between 35-40 degrees Fahrenheit (or an old fridge).
- Water when the top inch of soil feels dry throughout the winter.
- In the spring, as soon as the bulbs begin to sprout outside in our area (usually in April-May), move the potted bulbs to a sunny area outdoors.
- Watch bulbs grow and bloom. You can add some small pansies around the edges of the pot to bring even more color to your spring bulb display.
- Experiment with a variety of bulbs for this lasagna recipe
—Snowdrops, Crocuses, Dwarf Iris, Hyacinths, Anemones, Daffodils (narcissus), Tulips, Grape Hyacinths (muscari), Winter Aconites, Spring Starflower.
-Enjoy your pot of early spring flowering bulbs!

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Dear Flora,
I would love to learn more about gardening in Sublette County. Does the garden club have any upcoming activities?
Ever Grateful,
Sage Snow

Dear Sage,
The Sage and Snow Garden Club welcomes gardeners, from novice to expert, to join our club to learn more about successful techniques and plants that grow in Sublette County. We are all wrapping up our gardens for the season right now. Please use the contact information listed below - we will be posting meeting dates soon to start planning for next year’s schedule.

For more information or to ask questions for our next Ask Flora column, go to our website at https://www.sageandsnowgardenclub.org/ or contact Arlinda McLaughlin, Master Gardener at 307-231-9402.

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