tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post2113178231788693784..comments2022-08-04T12:16:39.636-06:00Comments on Today In Wyoming's History: January 8Pat Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05085914852278228313noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post-65332962695666762662012-01-08T19:40:41.750-07:002012-01-08T19:40:41.750-07:00FWIW, it's interesting to note that this first...FWIW, it's interesting to note that this first State of the Union address came just nine years before the birth of Jedediah Smith, a mountain man who would include vast tracks of the West in his wonderings.<br /><br />This shows, I suppose, how stunningly fast Western expansion really was. Jefferson thought it would take 1,000 years to fill in the continent. He was far from correct on that.Pat Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085914852278228313noreply@blogger.com