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A photo of Walt Bailey (Top Middle) and WMCC student climbers Bruce Smith (Top left), Chauncey "Chic" Brothers (Top Right), Dave Sturdevant (Bottom Left), and Noel Tanneur (Bottom Right) in the lobby of the Gladstone Hotel presenting climbing…

A photo of an original WMCC Membership card, created by WMCC student climber Vern Becker, along with the club's logos, patches, and other insignia

Newspaper articles released when Walt Bailey announced co-ed climbing classes with the WMCC at Casper College

A newspaper article from the Wyoming Eagle about the 1st ascent of Devils Tower for WMCC student climbers Noel Tanneur and Dave Sturdevant, accompanied by instructor Walt Bailey

A newspaper article about Ramona Hungary's historical journey as the first Native American to climb Devils Tower and her education at Casper College as a nursing student

Walt Bailey's obituary in the Casper Tribune Herald detailing his passing by pneumonia while climbing Mt. Alpamayo in the Peruvian Andes on June 29, 1958

A newspaper article covering Walt Bailey's funeral in Casper's First Baptist Church, attended by close family, friends, and most of the WMCC's climbing students, past and present

A photo of the WMCC founder, Albert Walter "Walt" Bailey in the Tetons in 1953; page 6 from Raymond Jacquot's book, " A Brief History of the Wyoming Mountaineers of Casper College," photo credit to the American Alpine Journal

A WMCC climbing patch from a climbing vest, designed by Vern Becker at the start of the WMCC in 1954-1955

Newspaper clipping from the Denver Post Empire Magazine; announcement that Casper College will offer climbing classes that Walt Bailey (pictured) will teach