BANNER, Wyo. – August 4, 2025 – Wyoming State Parks invites visitors to the Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site on Thursday, August 7, at 6:00 p.m. for the final presentation of the season from the Native American Student Interpretive Ranger program.
Ranger Aidan Hereford, known by her Shoshone name, Red Rose, and Arapaho name, Tall Mountain, will lead a discussion on the origins of her hometown, Fort Washakie, Wyoming, and will honor significant historic figures from the area’s past. This event is free and family-friendly.
Hereford is from Fort Washakie, located on the Wind River Reservation, and is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe with ties to the Northern Arapaho Tribe. She graduated from Central Wyoming College with an Associate’s Degree in Outdoor Education and Recreation.
This year marks the third season of the American Indian Student Interpretive Ranger program, a partnership between Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site, the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association, and the U.S. Forest Service. During that time, three college students spent their summers becoming NAI Certified Interpretive Guides, alternating their time between educating the public at Fort Phil Kearny and the Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark in the Bighorn Mountains.
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site is located at 528 Wagon Box Road, Banner, WY 82832, and is part of the Wyoming State Parks system.
For more information, visit wyoparks.wyo.gov/
Figure 1: Ranger Aidan Hereford. Photo credit Aidan Hereford.
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