If you like history, you will love Fremont County

and the Fremont County Pioneer Association!

The mission Statement of the Fremont County Pioneer Association is to support and assist the Fremont County Pioneer Museum of Lander, and the Museum of the American West as it pertains to the building and land surrounding the Fremont County Pioneer Museum.

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• Pioneers in the area organized to preserve their history in 1886;
• Wyoming's first and oldest museum was built by Pioneers - a log cabin that still stands on the grounds of the Museum of the American West;
• Today's Fremont County Pioneer Association members continue to preserve the history of Fremont County by holding fund raisers, applying for grants, working on historical research projects and volunteering at the Fremont County Pioneer Museum and the Museum of the American West.

Activities and Shared Events:

• Recently, our main focus has been restoring and preserving the original museum cabin in celebration of its 100-year Anniversary - 1915-2015.
• To celebrate our 100-year Anniversary - 1915-2015 - members of the Fremont County Pioneer Association and the Fremont County Pioneer Museum recently designed a beautiful silver 100-Year Commemorative Coin to raise funds for the museum. You will help preserve the history of Fremont County by purchasing a coin for yourself. For more information, please click the icon below:
  
• Our volunteers host and participate in annual fund raising events, and donate additional funds to the Fremont County Pioneer Museum and the Museum of the American West.
• Members also participate in museum activites and programs such as Native American Dances, Sheep Shearing Day and Halloween Night at the Museum.

Our original 1915 museum cabin -
restored to its former glory:

Links to great museums in our area:

Museum of the American West - 1445 Main

Fremont County Pioneer Museum - 1443 Main - 100 yards East

Riverton Museum - 25 miles North East

South Pass City Historical Site - 30 miles South

Dubois Museum - 67 miles North West