Today In Wyoming's History

1777  Congress declared a Thanksgiving Day following the  British surrender at Saratoga. 1871   A bill providing for the establishment of ...

1776   The term "United States" was adopted by the second Continental Congress to be used instead of the "United Colonies....

1774         Meriwether Lewis born. 1848  Congress created the Oregon Territory, which included parts of Wyoming. Unlike the later stat...

1778  The Wyoming Independent Company establishes Camp Westmoreland near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, in the Wyoming Valley. 1876  Frank E...

1776  Silvestre de Escalante and Francisco Dominguez, two Spanish Franciscan priests, leave Santa Fe for a journey through the Southwest.  T...

Today is Independence Day. 1776  Congress passed a declaration of independence from the United Kingdom, which stated: On this date i...