Today In Wyoming's History

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

1859  Residents of what are now parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas voted to form the Territory of Jefferson.  The extralegal ...

1885  Governor Warren requests that Federal troops, sent to Rock Springs following attacks on Chinese Miners, be withdrawn from that town. ...

1776   The term "United States" was adopted by the second Continental Congress to be used instead of the "United Colonies....

Today is Labor Day for 2013. 1885  In one of the worst examples of race based violence in Western US history, 150 white miners in Rock Sp...

1877  Nez Perce enter Yellowstone National Park.during their flight. 1882  John Wesley Hoyt had his last day in office as Territorial Gove...

1867  Ft. Fetterman given that name.  It was only in its second week of existence.  Attribution:  On This Day. 1868  Ft. Phil Kearny aba...

1866 Colonel Henry B. Carrington leaves Fort Reno for Piney Creek to select the site for what became Ft. Phil Kearny .  Attribution:  On ...

1043. Edward the Confessor crowned King of England. His death without heirs would lead to the 1066 invasions by King Harald Haadraadada ...

1836  The Texas schooner Liberty seized the U.S. brig Durango in Matagorda Bay. Attribution:  On This Day. 1881   "Big Nose...

1790     Thomas Jefferson took office as America's first Secretary of State.   Jefferson, a collection of contradictions, had b...