Washington D.C. — Legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, and Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-WY), to rename the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper the “Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center” has today passed out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, bringing it one step closer to consideration on the Senate floor.
“I’m so pleased the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has advanced this important legislation,” said Lummis. “Barbara Cubin is among Wyoming’s most remarkable trailblazers who paved the way for American women in public service. As a founding member of the Congressional Western Caucus, she was a powerful voice for our western values. Now, as chair of the Senate counterpart, I’m proud to carry on her legacy as a champion for the Wyoming way of life. This committee vote brings us one step closer to permanently honoring Barbara’s extraordinary decades of service and the indelible mark she has left on Natrona County, Wyoming, and our nation.”
Background:
In 1998, Rep. Barbara Cubin successfully passed her legislation establishing the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper to tell the stories of westward migration in the U.S. The center is owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is run through a public-private partnership with the BLM, the National Historic Trails Center Foundation and the City of Casper.
Rep. Cubin was the first woman to win an election for federal office in the state of Wyoming and served as a founding member of the Congressional Western Caucus. She represented Wyoming in the U.S. House from 1995-2009.
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