ANNA MILLER MUSEUM
401 Delaware Ave | Newcastle, Wyo. | 307-746-4188 | Email | Open 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Anna Miller Museum building was once a stable for the horses of the 115th National Guard Cavalry Regiment. It was constructed by the CWA and WPA between 1933 and 1936 out of native sandstone quarried east of Newcastle. The south end of the building contains the living quarters used by the barn sergeant and his family. A National Guard family lived in the quarters until 1955. During World War II, the U.S. Cavalry became mechanized and the building was then used for storing equipment.
In 1966, the Weston County Historical Society established the Anna Miller Museum in the old stone stable. In 1996, the citizens of Weston County voted to designate the Museum as a special district, allowing for regular funding to be provided by the tax payers. That same year, the Weston County Museum District expanded its programming to the community of Upton with the establishment of the Red Onion Museum. The Red Onion Museum moved to its present location at Old Town, on the western outskirts of Upton, in 2023.
Today, the Museum District’s collections include Native American artifacts, dinosaur fossils, textiles, exhibits from Cambria and Weston County’s pioneer days, a Burlington Northern caboose, a homesteader cabin, a rural schoolhouse, a stockade cabin, several wagons, and countless other historic treasures. The Anna Miller Museum building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the last surviving WPA-built structure in Weston County.
RAILROADS AND HOMESTEADING
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.
Newcastle’s 115th National Guard Cavalry Regiment played an important role in our nation’s military history. Learn more when you visit the Anna Miller Museum.
Outside of the museum itself, the lawn surrounding the building features historic cabins, rail cars and beautiful landscaping.
CAMBRIA
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.
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.
ANNA MILLER
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.
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.
