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This blog was updated on a daily basis for about two years, with those daily entries ceasing on December 31, 2013. The blog is still active, however, and we hope that people stopping in, who find something lacking, will add to the daily entries.

The blog still receives new posts as well, but now it receives them on items of Wyoming history. That has always been a feature of the blog, but Wyoming's history is rich and there are many items that are not fully covered here, if covered at all. Over time, we hope to remedy that.

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Showing posts with label Casper Air Base. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Casper Air Base. Show all posts

Sunday, September 1, 2013

September 1

1877   Arthur Griswold Crane Governor from 1949 to 1951,  born in New York.  He was the Secretary of State at the time of Lester Hunt's resignation from the Governor's office, and therefore became Governor at that time.  Attribution:  On This Day.

1903  Cheyenne's first automobile was delivered. Attribution:  Wyoming State Historical Society.

1927  Charles Lindbergh landed the "Spirit of St. Louis" in Cheyenne.

1942  According to the Wyoming State Historical Association, on this day in 1942 official approval was given to commence use of the Casper Air Base, which had been constructed in an incredibly small amount of time.  The existing county airport was Wardwell Field, the Casper area's second airport (the first was in what is now Evansville).  Today, what was Casper Air Base is the Natrona County International Airport, which actually uses at least one fewer runway than was constructed by the Army in 1942.  Wardwell Field's runways, in contrast, are city streets in the Town of Bar Nunn.