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Fremont County Pioneer Museum

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1443 W. Main St.
Lander, WY 82520 United States
307-332-3339 [email protected] www.fremontcountymuseums.com

Rediscover the Winds and explore Native American culture, settlement, mining, military and ranching.

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September 2023

The Historic Ed Young Apple Orchard and Ranch Trek

September 23 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Fremont County Pioneer Museum, 1443 W. Main St.
Lander, WY 82520 United States
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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…

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4th Annual Apple City Festival

September 30 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fremont County Pioneer Museum, 1443 W. Main St.
Lander, WY 82520 United States
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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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