1864 Gold discovered near the location of present day Livingston, Montana
1869 Major John Wesley Powell's expedition arrived at the foot of the Grand Canyon, having left Green River on May 24.
Attribution: On This Day.
1877 "Cantonment Reno" renamed Fort McKinney. Attribution: On This Day.
The location of the former Cantonment Reno.
1886 The first homicide in the new town of Lusk occurred. Attribution. Wyoming State Historical Society.
1890 First oil strike at the Salt Creek field. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1898 James Judson Van Horn, former temporary commander of the Department of Colorado in Denver, commander of a regiment and infantry division at Camp Thomas, Georgia, and
the first brigade, second division, Fifth Corps, at Tampa, Florida, died while on sick leave at Ft. D. A. Russell.
1916. A horse and rider were killed near Medicine Bow by lightening. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1918 The 100 Days Offensive: The 32nd Division takes Juvigny
1918 The 100 Days Offensive: The 32nd Division takes Juvigny
Insignia of the 32nd Division.
If you've been reading the posts here (and I know that darned few do), you will have been reading a fair amount the British Expeditionary Force, which comprised of units from all of the British Empire, advancing on the Allied left flank.
At the same time, you will have been reading of French advances, although I have not posted any of the campaigns in detail. Suffice it to say, the French were advancing as well, as the headlines indicated.
On this day, the U.S. 32nd Division, which was part of the French Tenth Army, took Juvigny, a strategically important location in the line of the French advance. The 32nd was a National Guard comprised unit made up of units from Wisconsin and Michigan. The unit compelled the Germans to withdraw in their sector and on September 9 the 32nd would become part of the U.S. First Army.
Juvigny is not a battle that's thought much of today, but the accomplishment of the 32nd was significant. Moreover, the event demonstrates that while the U.S. First Army had only come into existence on this day, US units were engaged in the 100 Days Offensive already, attached to French and British commands.
1918 Mutiny in the Home Guard?, Mexican border pacific, and bar tenders won't march: The Casper Daily Tribune, August 30, 1918.
A rumor that casualty figures were being suppressed was circulating in Casper's Home Guard, and causing discontent. The story was originally attributed to Gen. Leonard Wood, who denied its accuracy.
Well, while things were getting heated in Casper, things seemed to be calming down on the border with Mexico.
But they were getting heated as to alcohol. The Bartenders Union refused to march in the upcoming Labor Day parade in protest of the looming specter of Prohibition. The Anti Saloon League was being asked to fill in.
1999 Leonard Frank "Fritz" Shumer died in Suamico Wisconsin. He had been head coach of the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1971 to 1974 and defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers from 1994 to 1998.
He is the father of well known Casper Star Tribune and Wyoming Catholic Register reporter Sally Ann Shumer.
A rumor that casualty figures were being suppressed was circulating in Casper's Home Guard, and causing discontent. The story was originally attributed to Gen. Leonard Wood, who denied its accuracy.
Well, while things were getting heated in Casper, things seemed to be calming down on the border with Mexico.
But they were getting heated as to alcohol. The Bartenders Union refused to march in the upcoming Labor Day parade in protest of the looming specter of Prohibition. The Anti Saloon League was being asked to fill in.
1999 Leonard Frank "Fritz" Shumer died in Suamico Wisconsin. He had been head coach of the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1971 to 1974 and defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers from 1994 to 1998.
He is the father of well known Casper Star Tribune and Wyoming Catholic Register reporter Sally Ann Shumer.
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