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The Painted Brick Building Sides of buildings in Wyoming's towns and cities, and sometimes from other areas of the West. An examination of old style advertising. . . as it looks today.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Casper Native Restoring Hell’s Half Acre Sign To Display In Wyoming Valley, Pa.

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Remembering Little America: Fans Of Original Hotel Call Demolition ‘Heartbreaking’

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Labels: Blog Mirror, Hotels, Little America Wyoming, Lodging

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

$3 Million State Buyout Of Star Plunge, Hotel Could End Decades Of Disputes

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On South Pass, new owner revives Wyoming’s historic Rock Shop Inn

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End Of An Era: Little America Hotel Near Green River Being Torn Down

I guess I forgot to post the link,

End Of An Era: Little America Hotel Near Green River Being Torn Down

Here's one to a similar story:

An interstate legend reimagined: Little America to close hotel operations

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As we noted in our very first post on this curiously named blog, this blog started off as an effort to photograph and document the painted "ghost signs" on buildings in Casper, Wyoming.

It has since expanded, as we have photographed most if not all of those, into one that captures generally interesting older buildings anywhere, while still recording painted signs on buildings where we run across them. It is one of a series of photograph blogs we have, including our main site, Holscher's Hub, our site dedicated to churches in our region, Churches of the West; our similar site on courthouses, Courthouses of the West; our railroad site, Railhead; and our site dedicated to war memorials, Some Gave All.

In a way, however, this site is a history site, attempting to record a bit of the history of the West through the depiction of its buildings of a certain era. We have a couple of history sites as well, including Lex Anteinternet and Today In Wyoming's History. This one mostly lacks text, unlike those other two, with the buildings speaking for themselves.

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The Weary Yeoman.: Native to Casper Wyoming, interested in history, nature, agriculture and photography. My websites seek to record a bit of that history, and that of our region and frequently touch on a lot of other topics.

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