County 10: NOLS Celebrated 50th with Reminiscing, Parties, Workshops, Planning

“‘Fifty years ago on March 4, 1965, Judge Jack Nicholas and Paul Petzoldt signed papers establishing the National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander,’ current NOLS Executive Director John Gans told a large gathering at the Lander Community and Convention Center. ‘While Paul was a visionary, he did not envision that today we would be an international school that taught courses in 28 countries, otherwise he probably wouldn’t have chosen ‘National’ for the name.’

And thus began an evening, and a weekend, of storytelling and reminiscing about the early days of the school in Lander up until today, where the international headquarters and Rocky Mountain Branch are located. Hundreds of NOLS grads descended on Lander this past week to take part in a myriad of activities celebrating this milestone anniversary.”

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