Articles written by Barb Vietti

Barb Vietti|Jun 1, 2017

Pageant Weekend is an annual event that happens the first full weekend in August, this year Aug. 5-6. It is centered around the Gift of the Waters Pageant, a play written by Marie Montabe in 1925 that celebrates the transfer of the Big Spring from the Native Americans to the United States government in 1896. Prior to that, Thermopolis was located about seven miles north of the present day town, near the confluence of Owl Creek and the Bighorn River. When the land became available to settlers, the town moved closer to the Big Spring, which at th...