1878 Three Laramie women climb a peak in the Snowy Range and plant the flag. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1905
1919 August 17, 1919. Evanston to Echo, Utah.
On this day in 1919 the Motor Transport Convoy left Wyoming and entered Utah.
The 17th was a Sunday. This is remarkable as the Convoy's command chose not to stay in Evanston, Wyoming that Sunday but simply pushed on. No day of rest for the convoy. That had happened only once before in their trip, and on that occasion it had pretty clearly occurred because the convoy had experienced delays due to road conditions and mechanical problems. Here there's no evidence that had occurred.
Having said that, the convoy did get an unusually late start that day, starting at 12:30 p.m. While the diarist doesn't note it, chances are high that the late start was in order to allow men to attend local church services before the motor march was resumed.
The convoy experienced a plethora of problems, including the Lincoln Highway now being a bad mountain road as it crossed over from Wyoming. Carbon buildup in a cylinder was plaguing a Dodge, which is interesting in this household as the same thing recently afflicted one of our Dodge pickups. The engine of the Class B truck that was a machine shop was shot.
Echo Utah is a little tiny town today, and must have been the same in 1919. By stopping in Echo, they were effectively camping.
Having said that, the convoy did get an unusually late start that day, starting at 12:30 p.m. While the diarist doesn't note it, chances are high that the late start was in order to allow men to attend local church services before the motor march was resumed.
The convoy experienced a plethora of problems, including the Lincoln Highway now being a bad mountain road as it crossed over from Wyoming. Carbon buildup in a cylinder was plaguing a Dodge, which is interesting in this household as the same thing recently afflicted one of our Dodge pickups. The engine of the Class B truck that was a machine shop was shot.
Echo Utah is a little tiny town today, and must have been the same in 1919. By stopping in Echo, they were effectively camping.
1959 The 7.1 Hebgen Lake earthquake occurred in southwestern Montana, resulting in the deaths of 28 people due to a resulting landslide. The Old Faithful Inn was damaged by the quake and thermal features at Yellowstone were disrupted. Attribution: On This Day.
1996 An Air Force cargo plane carrying equipment for President Clinton crashed in the state killing eight crewmembers and a Secret Service employee. Attribution: On This Day.
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