Today In Wyoming's History

Monument to oil production at the Amoco Parkway in Casper, Wyoming.  The Parkway is within the confines of the former Standard Oil Refinery....

1886  Fort Fred Steele deactivated. A town remained behind where the fort had been, and survived for many decades until the Lincoln Highway ...

1859  Captain W. F. Raynolds' expedition set out from Fort Pierre, SD, to explore the upper Yellowstone, Gallatin, and Madison Rivers. ...

1882  First session of the Wyoming Academy of Sciences.  Attribution:  On  This Day. 1917   Joint Mexican American Committee Concludes ...