STUDENT PROGRAMS

Part of the Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails'  Kid's Xtreme initiative, this week-long summer program for students grades six through eight lets them go beyond the Plexiglass doors and into the collections to let them actually TOUCH the STUFF. 

The result is a free-standing closet-sized exhibit that reveals part of the fascinating history of Trail End and/or the Kendrick Family.

Like a chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream cone, this program combines history with technology to create a tasty treat for students in grades six through twelve. 

 Students pick a topic, write a script, and then act, produce, film and edit their video. Since considerable research is involved in producing the final product, this is yet another way for participants to experience history in a hands-on way.

This collection of site-based and hands-on science activities is custom-designed to introduce local teachers (third through eighth grades) to the wealth of learning opportunities available on the grounds at the Trail End State Historic Site. 

Funded in part by Dining For a Cause, the Trail End Guilds, the Wyoming Community Foundation, and  the Wyoming Division of State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails.

Includes archival materials from the Kendrick, Wulfjen, Cumming,  Harmon, Peeler, and Booth families. of Virginia, Texas and Wyoming. 

Finding aid not available 

Primarily 1900-1955 (some earlier/later); correspondence with family and friends; magazines and books; genealogical research materials; photographs

Manville Kendrick, son of John Benjamin and Eula Wulfjen Kendrick, served as Kendrick Cattle Company president for fifty years.

Finding aid available

Primarily 1900-1982; family records; correspondence with family and friends; magazines and books; genealogical research materials; photographs

Hundreds of portraits and snapshots from  Kendrick family sources, primarily Rosa-Maye Kendrick Harmon and Ida Peeler Wulfjen. 

Partial finding aid available

Rosa-Maye Kendrick photo albums (c1913-1933); Eula Wulfjen Kendrick photo albums (c1897-1920); Ida Peeler Wulfjen photo albums (c1897-1902); formal portraits

An entrepreneur and promoter, William S. Sopris was also sports editor for Sheridan newspapers during the 1910s and 20s. 

Partial finding aid available

Newspaper clippings (1917-1940s); programs, dance cards, tickets, flyers, etc.; dance club posters; beauty contest promotional materials; photographs of sports figures, beauty contestants, actors, etc.

A ranching neighbor of the Kendricks', Cox collected thousands of books, including many identical to those in the Kendrick family library. 

Finding aid available

Primarily Western history; natural history; poetry and literature

Many of the pre-1933 titles are on exhibit throughout Trail End; others are available for in-house research

Photocopies of hundreds of construction era documents (1908-1913) ; originals are at the Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne.

Finding aid available 

Correspondence with architects, interior designers, etc.; bills of lading, receipts and invoices; preliminary drawings of various rooms and features; specifications for plumbing, plastering, draperies, etc.

 The Trail End Research Library contains hundreds of volumes relating to a wide variety of museum-related topics.

• Western history, Wyoming history, Indian wars, ranching, etc.
• Museum management, curation and conservation
• Reproduction clothing research and design
• Early Twentieth Century social history
• Antiques and collectibles

Trail End staff have collection a considerable amount of vertical file materials on a variety of  subjects.

• Kendrick and Wulfjen family biographical materials 
• Museum management, volunteer programs, etc.
• Historic preservation and old house architecture
• Curation, conservation and exhibition of artifacts
• Historic house maintenance and restoration
• Site-related photographs