State quilt show comes to county

The Wyoming State Quilt Guild is hosting the 2015 Quilt show in Rock Springs this year.

Guild Co-chair Nena James said the event will take place at Western Wyoming Community College on June 25-28.

James said this is the first time in the last five years that the quilt show will be in Sweetwater County. Rock Springs, the home of 56 nationalities is also known for a historic event, the 1885 Chinese Massacre. Another historical event the Quilt Wyoming 2015 Committee wanted to highlight is the Heart Mountain Japanese interment camp in Park County in World War II. The state’s cultural diversity is...

 

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