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Elisabeth received her master's in Heritage Studies and Public History from the University of Minnesota. She worked on the Original Oregon Trail LIVE at the Wyoming State Museum.

Brandon is an anthropologist who graduated from the University of New Mexico.

A former Yellowstone tour guide, David is the author of the Frontier Traveler series, novels based on historical facts. Burning Ground imagines a modern-day protagonist (Graham Davidson) with all the 1871 Hayden Expedition of the future park. Fatal Ground takes place in Montana Territory and the nascent park during 1872-1876. In Bitter Ground (to be published late 2023), Graham will travel with the Nez Perce as they flee from the army in 1877 and seek asylum in Canada. David will discuss events that occurred during these years and challenge the audience to discern whether they are fact or fiction.

Jefferson is an author and historian from Buffalo, Wyoming. He is available to speak at county chapter meetings, or events around the state.

Men dominated the archaeology field when it first became a formalized career in the 1930s. Cultural Resource Mgmt. in the 1970s paved the way for increased jobs, and women took advantage of the opportunity. Greer focuses on specific women who made contributions to Wyoming archaeology. Greer holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Univ. of Missouri-Columbia.

Justin is an Air Force veteran and museum assistant at the Rockpile Museum located in Gillette, WY. He has received a Master's Certificate in Museology and Museum Studies from the Harvard Extension School and a Master's in History from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Cindy is the director of the West Texas Trail Museum located in Moorcroft, WY.

O’Brien’s book, World War II POW Camps of Wyoming, published in 2019, features details, photos and stories about Wyoming’s nineteen POW camps and camp residents. In addition, O’Brien’s article, “Camp Dubois, Wyoming: A Legacy of Literature,” was published in the Autumn 2015 issue of the Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal.

Jennifer is the Museum Educator at the Jim Gatchell Museum in Buffalo. She considers herself a “Jill of All Trades!”

Nancy Tabb is local history archivist at the Johnson County Library in Buffalo, Wyoming and President of the Johnson County Historical Society. Storytelling about the people of Johnson County during her history talks led naturally to writing about them. Nancy is passionate about sharing Wyoming’s rich history, especially personal stories. She exemplifies this through her collaborative efforts with compiling Johnson County’s oral histories through several volumes. She and her husband, Dozier, are thankful they had the opportunity to raise their now-grown children in Wyoming.

Laura is an assistant research scientist at the University of Wyoming. Her focus is in Paleontology and Taphonomy. She received her PhD in Geology from the University of Minnesota in 2014.