Our Mining Heritage
Gold fever was still infecting the country when gold was discovered above Centennial in 1875. Eventually several minerals were mined in the area, including platinum and copper. There are still […]
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Our People
Most people don’t move to the Centennial Valley for the balmy weather. Living here is a challenge in the winter even today, so early settlers had to improvise. Children rode […]
Our Ranching Heritage
This saddle was made by a prisoner in the Wyoming Territorial Prison, now preserved as a State Historic Site. The cowboys who would have used this saddle settled on ranches […]
Our Railroad Heritage
This is a key and padlock from the Laramie North Park Railroad, one of the railroad companies in Centennial’s past. In the early 1900s, Isaac vanHorn from Boston partnered with […]
Squirrel Creek Fire Exhibit
In the summer of 2012, our area was threatened by the 11,000 acre Squirrel Creek fire. To honor the efforts of the local volunteers as well as California Incident Management […]
Welcome to the Nici Self Historical Museum
The Nici Self Historical Museum is located at 2734 Highway 130 in Centennial, Wyoming, population 270, at the base of the Snowy Range Mountains. Operated by the Centennial Valley Historical […]
New Website
We’re trying out a new website. We’d like to be able to feature more photos from our collection, and keep you up to date on what’s happening at our museum. […]
