ANNA MILLER MUSEUM
401 Delaware Ave | Newcastle, Wyo. | 307-746-4188 | Open 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Anna Miller Museum was once a cavalry barn used to house horses for the 115th Wyoming National Guard. With the help of WPA and CWA funding, construction began in 1933 and ended in 1936, using native sandstone from a quarry east of Newcastle on Salt Creek.
In the early 1940s, the second phase of construction started. The 75’ x 90’ riding hall was three-fourths completed when World War II began. At that time, construction ceased, and local contractors used the unused stone in other buildings when supplies became hard to get.
The Newcastle soldiers were shipped to Fort Lewis, Wash. It was at this time the horses were removed and the cavalry barn was used to store equipment. The troop changed its name to Troop F, 115th Mechanized Cavalry
ABOVE: In the early 1940s the second phase of construction began on what is today the museum. It was halted when World War II broke out.
LEFT: Outside of the museum itself, the lawn surrounding the building features historic cabins, rail cars and beautiful landscaping.
LEFT: Anna Cecelia McMoran Miller, for whom the museum is named, was the daughter of pioneering parents. Miller was married to local sheriff Billy Miller who died during one of the area’s last skirmishes with Native Americans. Anna served as Newcastle’s first librarian, as a schoolteacher and as school superintendent.
RIGHT: Museum curators have gone to great lengths preserving their building's history as a cavalry stable. The stable living quarters, where the caretaker lived, are open to visitors and feature a historic kitchen and living area. This cookstove is among the displays.
The building know today as the “Antlers,” was the first permanent building in Newcastle.
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The Anna Miller Museum is named in honor of Anna C. (McMoran) Miller, the daughter of a pioneer family and the widow of Sheriff Billy Miller, who was killed in the final Indian battle in the area.
Anna would go on to serve as Newcastle's first librarian, as well as a schoolteacher and school superintendent.
