"The Murder of Andrew Jackson Cooper"

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“The Murder of Andrew Jackson Cooper” June 4^th 6-7:00pm

The Riverton Museum is hosting Mark Stratmoen for this Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speaker Series on June 4th from 6-7pm.

Historian and former Fremont County coroner Mark Stratmoen will be telling the story of Andrew Jackson Cooper, a man who stood up against the "Cattle Barons' of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, and was subsequently murdered along the Sweetwater in 1889. Not many are more qualified to talk about a murder 135 years ago in territorial Wyoming than a coroner and historian. Character assassination, slander, journalism bias, political pressure, this seems like a story from modern times. Instead, this is the history of Andrew Jackson Cooper in the Old Wild West.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information contact the Riverton Museum at 307-856-2665.