Today In Wyoming's History

1832  Stockade at Ft. Bonneville completed. 1854    Henry David Thoreau published "Walden," which described his experiences livi...

1847  Mormon emigrants in Brigham Young's wagon train reached the Platte River near the present location of Casper.  Attribution:  On T...

1682 Robert La Salle reached the Mississippi River. 1867  The Senate approved the purchase of Alaska. 1884  Death, on the Wind River Re...