Today In Wyoming's History

Some Gave All: Blog Mirror: A Wyoming ranch hand went missing am... : Blog Mirror: A Wyoming ranch hand went missing amid one of the gre...

The Korean War is something that most Wyomingites don't particularly associate with our state, but the war did have a noticeable impact ...

1821  Mexico obtains independence from Spain. 1886  Cornerstone of Old Main placed at the University of Wyoming.   Attribution:  On This D...

1854  Lt. John L. Grattan, 6th U.S. Infantry, and thirty of his men are killed by Sioux Indians at at location on the Oregon Trail not far f...

1823 Union General Thomas Francis Meagher, designer of the Irish tricolor, was born in Waterford, Ireland. Meagher studied law in Dubli...

1890  A marble quarry opened near Rawlins.  Attribution:  Wyoming State Historical Society. 1894   The first ever motorized racing even...

1868  President Andrew Johnson approved the act of Congress providing for the organization of a temporary government for the Territory of W...

1813  Spanish surrendered San Antonio to Mexican revolutionaries. 1867  Blacks voted in Colorado's state elections for the first ti...

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

Today is Martin Luther King Day for 2012.  The day is observed on the third Monday of each year. Today is Wyoming Equality Day for 2012.  ...