Caring for Family Treasures - Episode 20
This episode I came to realize that the older I get, the more my house starts to feel like my own family history museum. That thought reminded me of a packrat, which is the Wyoming Wildlife featured in this episode. I turned to Sara Davis of the Wyoming State Archives for help on the “family treasures”. She gives us some great insights into the care and preservation of our own family heirlooms - things like this notebook, belonging to my great grandfather Alonzo Peterson. He was a miner for the Owl Creek Mining Company in Gebo WY, and before that in Cambria WY. Gebo is pretty close to Powell, which is this episode’s Dot on the Map. Below are some resources from this show: Sara Davis is the Wyoming State Archivist , learn more about her here . Sara mentioned the Mass Memories Roadshow Wyoming State Archives , and SHRAB board The American Heritage Center at UW houses a lot of historical material and is open to the public for research Packrats thrive in rocky, very dry climates such as