Traveling Smithsonian exhibit makes first stop in Green River

A traveling exhibit about rural towns is making its first stop in Wyoming at the Green River Visitors Center.

“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” was installed at the visitors center last week and focuses on the challenges and opportunities rural American towns currently face. Carol Harsh, director of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program, said the exhibit was inspired by a desire to focus on rural America for the program’s 25th anniversary. She said rural America is not widely understood by most people, especially after the economic and population shift to urban areas...