1871 The Territorial Legislature authorized the formation of militia companies, the birth of the Wyoming National Guard.
1890 A New Year's Ball was held in the Casper Town Hall to benefit the Casper Cornet Band. Attribution. Wyoming State Historical Society.
1912 USS Wyoming made the President' flagship.
1916 The Cheyenne State Leader for December 31, 1916. Going out on a belligerent note.
And so 1916 would not go out on a peaceful note.
Carranza was unhappy that the protocol did not require a UW withdraw, the Allies were not tempted by peace. The Army was taking a position contrary to what supposedly the Administration was taking, if reports were accurate, in that it wanted to withdraw the expedition in Mexico.
A bizarre headline was featured on the front page indicating that "churchmen" were opposing "premature peace" in Europe, with the promise that details would be provided the following day.
It was a dry New Years Eve. . . at least officially for Americans and most Canadians who, if they were following the law, had to ring in the arrival of 1922 with some non-besotted beverage. I'm sure many did.
And there was a lot to celebrate that year. For Americans, the Great War had officially ended, although the fighting had obviously stopped quite some time prior. For the many Americans with Irish ancestry, it appeared that Irish independence was about to become a de jure, rather than a de facto, matter. Americans were moving definitively past World War One, and in a lot of ways definitively past a prior, much more rural, era and country.
Not all was well, however, as the economy was doing quite poorly. There was hope that would soon change, with that hope being expressed in a regional fashion on the cover of the Casper Daily Tribune.
Also, on the cover of the paper was the news that the County had taken over ownership of the hospital. It'd run the hospital until 2020, when Banner Health took over it, converting it back into a private hospital after almost a century of public ownership.
1941 Big Piney, Pinedale, Nowood, and Star Valley became the first Wyoming Conservation Districts when their Certifications of Organization were signed by Wyoming's Secretary of State Lester Hunt.
1950 Frank Barrett resigned from the US House of Representatives, where he had been Wyoming's Congressman, in order that he could take office as Governor.
1952 The 187th Fighter Bomber Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard (F-51s) released from active service. During their service in Korea nine 187th pilots were lost.
1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
1976 Wyoming hit by a statewide blizzard.
1978 Clifford Hanson, who was leaving his office as U.S. Senator, resigned, thereby allowing his successor, Alan K. Simpson to have Hanson's seniority by virtue of short appointment to replace him.
2011 The year departs with a Central Wyoming blizzard.
