Crimson Dawn (Midsummer's Eve Festival)
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Title
Crimson Dawn (Midsummer's Eve Festival)
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Materials from the Casper Star-Tribune Photographs Collection are currently under the stewardship of the Western History Center (Casper College Archives and Special Collections) and published online for research and education purposes. The repository's publishing and copyright/ownership polices are available upon request when applicable. Some materials within the collection may have been created by individuals with varying or unknown copyright outside of the original transfer of the materials to the Western History Center from the Casper Star-Tribune.
The Western History Center respects the intellectual property rights, copyrights, and other proprietary rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied or published publicly in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please contact the repository directly:
Western History Center
Address: Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library, 125 College Drive, Casper, WY 82601
Email: wyoref@caspercollege.edu
Phone: 307-268-2680
Date Created
1989
Description
Photograph of individuals participating in a protest during the Crimson Dawn Park Midsummer's Eve Festival on Casper Mountain. The event was first conceived by local Casper Mountain resident Neal Forsling in the 1920s for her family and friends to celebrate the end of winter at her home with stories and treats. The event continued and expanded, drawing many locals to Forsling's property on Casper Mountain each year. Forsling would tell stories during the event, a task that was later taken on by her daughter Mary Martin and then Rebecca Weaver Hunt. The event sparked controversy among local Christian groups for its supposed encouragement of witchcraft and pagan-inspired theme, events, and stories.
The event photographs in this collection are part of a larger collection of that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995, according to a newspaper article on the donation to the Western History Center from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa and are organized by events, people, or places categories.
The event photographs in this collection are part of a larger collection of that consists of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995, according to a newspaper article on the donation to the Western History Center from February of 2000. Images in this collection may support the use of other collections in the repository or vice versa and are organized by events, people, or places categories.
Type
Image
Creator
Casper Star-Tribune; Zibigniew Bzdak
Language
ENG
Is Part Of
Casper Star-Tribune Events Photographs, NCA 01.ii.2001.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
NCA 01.ii.2000.01_Events_CrimsonDawn_23
Format
JPG
Publisher
Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)
Original Format
Photographic print
Collection
Citation
Casper Star-Tribune; Zibigniew Bzdak, “Crimson Dawn (Midsummer's Eve Festival),” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed January 6, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/5841.