In addition to continuing to post items on individual episodes of Wyoming's rich history here, we will are also starting a new feature in which we'll note something of significant present historical interest.
This is a bit tough, we realize, as many, many stories turn out to be hugely historically significant without that being realized at the time. When the Chinese and Japanese fell into war in 1932, for example, who would have appreciated the extent that this would play into the global tragedy of World War II, or that it would lead to the fall of the Nationalist government in 1947, giving rise to Red China. It turned out to be enormously significant, but at the time it was probably most viewed as a big, but not earth shaking, tragedy.
Anyhow, we'll try to note some stories from time to time that we think will at least have some historical value. That is, they'd be the type of thing you would expect to find on this website in some future daily entry.
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