1890 Emancipation Day celebrated by African Americans in Cheyenne. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1920 Plans were announced to build a petroleum pipeline to the refinery in Riverton. Riverton no longer has a refinery. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1922 Saturday, Sepember 22, 1923. Henning Hotel Robbed.
And the Governor of Oklahoma caught a dragon.
1934 The self-declared "World Famous" Wonder Bar opens in Casper.
1937 A forest fire near Cody killed 14 and injured 50.Attribution. On This Day.
1939 Michael John Sullivan was born in Omaha. He was the 29th Governor of the State, serving from 1987 to 1995, and was later the US Ambassador to Ireland under President Clinton.
1945 Gov. Lester Hunt proclaimed “American Indian Day.” Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1951 Jacob Horner, the last 7th Cavalry veteran of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, died. Horner, a private, had been left behind in the rear as he lacked a mount.
A major raid in Chicago on speakeasies resulted in the jails being filled to capacity.
Crime was a major story in Casper as well:
And the Governor of Oklahoma caught a dragon.
The Navy's ZR-1 dirigible flew over Washington, D. C.
1934 The self-declared "World Famous" Wonder Bar opens in Casper.
1937 A forest fire near Cody killed 14 and injured 50.Attribution. On This Day.
1939 Michael John Sullivan was born in Omaha. He was the 29th Governor of the State, serving from 1987 to 1995, and was later the US Ambassador to Ireland under President Clinton.
1945 Gov. Lester Hunt proclaimed “American Indian Day.” Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1951 Jacob Horner, the last 7th Cavalry veteran of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, died. Horner, a private, had been left behind in the rear as he lacked a mount.
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