1865 Sioux and/or Cheyenne attack Platte Bridge Station. The Indians approach the station and fire on it, men of the 11th Ohio give chase. They run into trouble when the Indian band they were chasing, only ten men, turns out to be a lure and they are ambushed. Fortunately for them, at that moment a a detachment from the 11th Kansas arrived and a running fight ensued. Two troopers were killed, and one Indian.
1884 Lilly Langtry played at the Cheyenne Opera House.
1884 Lilly Langtry played at the Cheyenne Opera House.
1890 Douglas restricted the watering of lawns between 4 and 8 p.m. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1899 The Wild Bunch robbed the Union Pacific Overland Flyer No. 1 near Wilcox, taking between $30,000 and $60,000. This robbery is famous in part for the large amount taken, but also for the destruction of a rail car by explosives which were used to open a safe. This is depicted in the film Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid. Attribution: On This Day.
1924 Congress passes the Indian Citizenship Act conferring citizenship on all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country.
1939 Guernsey State Park Museum opened. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1945 Ft. F. E. Warren made a redeployment center for Quartermaster and Transportation Corps troops, a rather surprising thing considering how late in World War Two this was.
1978 The J. C. Penny District in Kemmerer added to the National Regiter of Historic Places.
1945 Ft. F. E. Warren made a redeployment center for Quartermaster and Transportation Corps troops, a rather surprising thing considering how late in World War Two this was.
1978 The J. C. Penny District in Kemmerer added to the National Regiter of Historic Places.
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