The Sweetwater County Historical Museum recently completed an enhanced exhibit at the County Courthouse in Green River entitled “Mapping Our History: Surveying & Engineering in Sweetwater County.” The new exhibit is an expanded version of a previous display of surveying instruments, books, and other items that belonged to the late Richard (Dick) C. Day, a distinguished former employee of Sweetwater County.

Day was an acclaimed civil engineer, land surveyor, and longtime resident of Rock Springs. Thanks to the efforts of Wayne Johnson, his former employer and colleague, Day’s collectio...