Today In Wyoming's History

1868  Dale Creek Trestle, the highest in the world at that time, completed on the Union Pacific, between Laramie and Cheyenne. Attribution:...

 Today is Earth Day 1864     Congress authorized the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins. 1892  Charles Mil...

Some Gave All: Wyoming Veterans Museum, Natrona County Internatio... : This is the Wyoming Veterans Museum in Natrona County, which is locat...

1519         Cortes lands in Mexico. 1836     Texans defeat the Mexican forces at San Jacinto leading to the independence of Texas.  Whi...

1890  The last soldiers leave Ft. Laramie.  Attribution:  On This Day. 1903  Rawlins Police Lieutenant Kling and Officer John Baxter ki...

1859  Camp Walbach, in present day Laramie County Wyoming, abandoned.  It had been occupied by two companies of the 4th Artillery. 1865...

1847     American troops under General Winfield Scott defeated Mexican forces under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the Battle of Ce...

1492     Christopher Columbus received a commission from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia. 18...