Carbon County Cowboys chosen

The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame has announced the newly-selected Class of 2018 by geographic regions. These men and women will be inducted during ceremonies at the Casper Events Center on Sunday, September 23, 2018.

Those selected from Region 7 in Carbon County: Leland Ward “Buck” Alameda, Eldon “Pete” McKee and Raymond “Ray” Waliser. Sweetwater County: Mary A. “Mickey” Thoman.

The 501(c)(3) WCHF was formed for exclusively historical, cultural, literary and educational purposes. Their chief goal is: “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s rich working cowboy and ranching history through researching, profiling and honoring individuals who broke the first trails and introduced that culture to this state. WCHF plans to collect, display and preserve the stories, photos and artifacts of such individuals, and anything else that will honor and highlight their contributions to our history.”

Pursuing that goal, WCHF’s major ongoing project is to memorialize each honoree through a video interview. As that project comes to fruition, visitors to http://www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.com can enjoy, in their own words, many of the life experiences–good, bad and ugly–through which the 186 men and women already honored there have carved their individual niches across the Cowboy State. Along with photos and biographies of every class inducted since 2014, there are currently 40 video interviews of those still living, and this year WCHF will pursue videos of some of the deceased honorees as recalled and related by their descendants. Preserving these unique, personalized histories costs $500 each and WCHF has committed to record another 50 this year.