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September 2023
The Historic Ed Young Apple Orchard and Ranch Trek
Pioneer Museum’s “The Historic Ed Young Apple Orchard and Ranch Trek.” It all started in 1882, when Lander rancher Ed Young planted his first apple trees, the first planted in Wyoming, on his homestead on the Little Popo Agie River. By 1904, Young’s orchard of more than 2,000 trees was said to produce 60,000 pounds that season. That same year, the newspapers and promoters began calling Lander “Apple City,” and Ed Young the “Apple King of Wyoming.” The Pioneer Museum’s…
Find out more »4th Annual Apple City Festival
Pioneer Museum’s 4th Annual Apple City Festival. Lander was known as the “Apple City” for the high number of orchards and the apples that were produced there. Apples were an important part of the agricultural economy in the area for many years, and the Apple City Festival pays tribute to this part of Lander’s history with speakers, an Apple pie contest (cash prizes), local apple cider and apple samples, kids crafts and a petting zoo. The Pioneer Museum hosts this…
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