Today In Wyoming's History

1813  Congress of Chilpancingo declares Mexico independent of Spain. 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President. Lincoln is obviously on...

1620   September 16, 1620. The day the "Pilgrims" . . .  set sail for the New World. It was at sea for ten weeks, putting in near ...

1825  Wyoming's first delegate to Congress, Stephen F. Nuckolls, born in Grayson County, Virginia.  Attribution:  On This Day. 1918   ...

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

1868 The first train enters Laramie. 1869 A golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcont...