Today In Wyoming's History

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

Today is St. Lucy's Day. She is one of the patrons of writers. 1636 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered that th...

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

1872  Ulysses S. Grant was re-elected President. 1879  U.S. Army establishes camp on the Snake River. 1889  Wyoming's Constitu...

October 12 is National Farmers Day in the United States. Irrigated Wyoming hay field. 1869  First Territorial Legislature convened. ...

1869   Major John Wesley Powell's party passed Sentinel Peak overlooking the Grand Canyon.  It had left Green River on May 24. Attributi...

1872  Bill Cody tracked down three Indians committing "depredations" and killed them in the ensuing engagement near North Platte, ...

1804  The Corps of Discovery leaves St. Louis to explore Louisiana.  Louisiana had only belonged to the US, at that point, for one year. 1...

1845   Mexico dropped diplomatic relations with US. 1846   US troops move onto the left bank of the Rio Grande River. 1865   The Distric...

1789     The United States Constitution went into effect as the first Congress to convene under it met in New York City. 1793  George W...