The Elk Mountain Museum in southern Wyoming is honoring a former Cody reporter in its recently opened Heritage Building Annex. 

Housed in the annex is a new exhibit hall displaying recent museum acquisitions. Among those is a unique area featuring donations from a small private museum formerly located at Arlington, Wyoming. The family of the Arlington Museum’s creator has donated numerous historical items collected by long-time historian and writer, Goldie N. Pitcher. Her museum was limited to private showings.

Thanks to The Elk Mountain Museum, these items are now on permanent public display to visitors. Goldie was a regular columnist for the Cody Enterprise while she and her husband Chester Pitcher lived in Cody during the 1960s and 1970s. Goldie passed away in 2009.

Along with her husband, Goldie was recognized as a Wyoming Pioneer Citizen in 1999.  She published two historical books: The first is an account of life in a small Wyoming oil camp near Elk Mountain: "McFadden — The Town They Called Camp." Her second book, "Arlington, a Dixon Legacy," is a historical account of the Dixon family’s presence and contributions to the area since the 1880s. Arlington is located just a 15 minute drive from Elk Mountain.  

Some of Pitcher’s family are pictured in the annex which displays a portion of items donated by the Arlington Museum. Goldie’s grandson Will Ross and his family recently moved from Cody to Powell.