1865 Powder River Campaign commenced. The campaign under the command of Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor was to "rein in the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Sioux".
1866 Congress passed an act authorizing the Army to raise units of Black soldiers as part of the Regular Army.
1868 The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect.
1869 An Indian raid near Atlantic City kills three miners. Attribution: On This Day.
1898 Spain, through the offices of the French embassy in Washington, D.C., requested peace terms in its war with the United States.
1908. The "Star", a Casper livery stable, burned down. The fire was kept form spreading, but the fire was a major disaster in the town, resulting in the loss of eleven horses, a hearse, and a large amount of feed.
1913 Sheridan cattleman John B. Kendrick moves into his mansion "Trail's End." Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1914 July 28, 1914. WAR.
Repression of the Catholic Church commenced in Mexico, and was to be an enduring feature of the Mexican Republic for decades, causing long lasting damage ot the faith of the nation.
1917 Cokeville Telephone Company incorporated. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1920 Pancho Villa surrendered to the Mexican government.
1932 Federal troops dispersed the "Bonus Army".
1938 Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power began to purchase power from the Seminoe Dam.
2018 Today was National Cowboy Day for 2018.
2018 Tornadoes touch down south of Douglas and near Glendo Reservoir.
WAR
World War One had arrived, even as more remote press outlets reported hope that it might be averted. Austro Hungaria transmitted its declaration of war against Serbia by telegram, something sort of weirdly akin to doing it by Twitter today, assuming that anyone actually bothered to declare war in our modern era.
Repression of the Catholic Church commenced in Mexico, and was to be an enduring feature of the Mexican Republic for decades, causing long lasting damage ot the faith of the nation.
The Royal Navy and the French Navy were ordered to capture the Goeben and Breslau which had been under repair in the Adriatic. The ships bolted for the Dardanelles.
The first launch of an aerial torpedo was accomplished by the Royal Navy Air Service.
1917 Cokeville Telephone Company incorporated. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1920 Pancho Villa surrendered to the Mexican government.
1932 Federal troops dispersed the "Bonus Army".
1938 Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power began to purchase power from the Seminoe Dam.
2018 Today was National Cowboy Day for 2018.
2018 Tornadoes touch down south of Douglas and near Glendo Reservoir.
