Today In Wyoming's History

Railhead: Former Chicago & Northwester Depot, Lander Wyoming... : Former Chicago & Northwester Depot, Lander Wyoming. U...

Students of Wyoming's history are well familiar with the story of the Spring Creek Raid, which occurred on April 2, 1909, on the Nowood...

Bells of Balangiga to depart Gen. Jacob Smith inspects the ruins of Balangiga a few weeks after the battle there. The Bells ...

1782  The Decree of Trenton gives the Wyoming region of Ohio and Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania. 1835  Santa Ana declared that all foreigne...

1836 Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.  This does not mean that Spain was in control of Mexico until 1836, but rather that it r...

1866   Indians attempted to lure a detachment commanded by Captain James Powell into a trap near Ft. Phil Kearny but did not succeed. 1...

1619     Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist cavalry commander in the English Civil War, born.  He returned England with the restoration o...

Today is Bill of Rights Day. 1791     The Bill of Rights took effect following ratification by Virginia. 1887  The Burlington Northern c...

Today is St. Lucy's Day. She is one of the patrons of writers. 1636 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered that th...

Today is Wyoming Day 1838   Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar inaugurated the second president of the Republic of Texas.  Attribution:  On This D...