Today In Wyoming's History

1803  The treaty providing for the sale of Louisiana, including most of what would become Wyoming, was signed. 1812    Louisiana became th...

1843  John C. Fremont, having only just returned from an expedition exploring the West, turns around to start a new one. 1868   The Treaty...

1868 Negotiations at Ft. Laramie commence with the goal of ending Red Cloud's War. 1903   Governor De Forest Richards died in offic...

1813 U. S. Army officer Zebulon M Pike, who had been an early explorer of the West, killed in action at age 34 during the War of 18212. H...

1838  The United States and the Republic of Texas signed the Convention of Limits recognizing Texas' claims to territory in Red River ...

Today is Administrative Professionals Day for 2013. 1800     Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress. 1886  A law ...

1868  Dale Creek Trestle, the highest in the world at that time, completed on the Union Pacific, between Laramie and Cheyenne. Attribution:...