Today In Wyoming's History

Painted Bricks: J. E. Stimson statute, Cheyenne Wyoming. :   J. E. Stimson statue, Cheyenne Wyoming.  Stimson was a significant pioneer phot...

  In the Apple TV series Masters of the Air , one of the characters is Maj. Gale "Buck" Cleven, who reports himself as being from ...

Lex Anteinternet: Juneteenth. What the new Federal Holiday Commemor... :  Juneteenth. What the new Federal Holiday Commemorates Today is a ...

Rock Springs has several coal related monuments and items on a park downtown located where it's old classic railroad depot is located...

Some Gave All: Blog Mirror: A Wyoming ranch hand went missing am... : Blog Mirror: A Wyoming ranch hand went missing amid one of the gre...

1600     The British East India Company formed by Royal Charter; d.1874 1871  The Territorial Legislature authorized the formation of mili...

1836  Texas'  First Congress established the General Land Office. 1916   The Casper Weekly Press for December 22, 1916: War...

1826   Benjamin Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and proclaims himself the ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. 186...

The Korean War is something that most Wyomingites don't particularly associate with our state, but the war did have a noticeable impact ...

1839  Diplomats from Texas arrive in Mexico City with portfolios to negotiate for peace.  Attribution:  On This Day. 1869  The Territorial...

1868  Crook County created out of portions of Albany and Laramie counties. 1869  Territorial Governor Campbell approved measures to ask...

Today is Thanksgiving Day for 2013. 1872  The Diamond Hoax of 1872 exposed by geologist Clarence King, who issued his opinion that a diamo...