The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming

Grant funds museum project

West Texas Trail Museum Director Cindy Mosteller, through the Moorcroft Historical Society, has been awarded a grant for $8340 to complete a uniquely local project: telling the story of the actual founding of Moorcroft as an important waylay for the West Texas Trail.

With fellow collaborators Andrea Wood, Lona Tracy and the Moorcroft High School students, who will assist in research in the coming fall, Mosteller will be installing multi-swing panels “to inform visitors of our story and the people who have influenced our community” as a part of a massive overhaul to the interior displays at the...