Today In Wyoming's History

The Albany County Commissioners have voted to change the name of Swastika Lake, in the Medicine Bow National Forest, to Samuel H. Knight Lak...

The United States Supreme Court, contrary to many expectations, including many in the legislature, upheld today the 1978 Indian Child Welfar...

This is an advertisement commissioned by the Wyoming Department of Health, and my gosh does it bring home a really overlooked point about th...

Painted Bricks: Tumble Inn, Powder River, Wyoming. :    Tumble Inn, Powder River, Wyoming.   As this institution is in the news, and as I kn...

So states the Tribune in a headline. M'eh I’m calling bull on this one. For one thing, snow is measured at the airport, which gets prett...

These are neat: UW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UW LICENSE PLATES Tribal License Plates to Fund Native American Student Scholarships at UW But a quest...

Laramie, Spring 1986. Kim Barker, a journalist who is best known for her book on Afghanistan, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, is coming out with a po...

This bill: Today In Wyoming's History: 2023 Wyoming Legislature. Anti Historical Site Bill. :   2023 Wyoming Legislature. Anti Historica...

 A bill to make it more difficult to designate historical sites has been introduced in the legislature. HOUSE BILL NO. HB0281 Local governme...

A bill has been introduced in the legislature to recognize former Governor and Senator Lester Hunt.  Given Dr. Hunt's historic place in ...

Arapahoe woman Ft. Washakie, Wyo, 1920-1930.  "Denver Public Library Special Collections" October 9, 1922.  Bureau of Indian Aff...

Alvah H. Unthank was a 19-year-old pioneer travelling the Oregon who died of Cholera at a spot near the Dave Johnson Power Plant outside Gle...

July 6, 1922.  Casper and the Petroleum Industry. July 21, 1922.  Trigger law announcement. July 29, 2022.  Retirement of Pete Williams. Aug...

Lex Anteinternet: Offensive place names in Wyoming renamed. : The following Wyoming place names were renamed by the Federal Government in Wy...

Bob "Butter Bob" Beck of Wyoming Public Radio, a giant in Wyoming radio, will be retiring in October and moving to Syracuse, New Y...

  January 6, 1942.  President Roosevelt's State of the Union Address for 1942. January 6, 2022.  President Biden's address to the na...

The Aerodrome: Blog Mirror: WYOMING'S HISTORY OF FLIGHT :  

  Wyoming is likely home to oldest mine in North and South America, researchers say

 The event is its first "meet and greet".  It starts at 5:00 p.m.

\ A familiar Natrona County landmark's history.

Lex Anteinternet: Lincoln Highway Redux? :  Lincoln Highway Redux? Gen. Luke Reiner [1]  head of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, h...

Wyoming Fact & Fiction - Neil A. Waring: The Strange Case of Hiram Scott :   January 24, 2022 Wyoming Fact & Fiction The Strange...

Wyoming Fact & Fiction - Neil A. Waring: Chief Washakie and President Grant :   Wyoming Fact & Fiction January 10, 2022 Last wee...

  October 6, 2021.  Governor Gordon visits US/Mexico border. October 28, 2021.  Eula Kendrick and Rosa-Maye Kendrick photographed in Washing...

Wyoming Fact & Fiction - Neil A. Waring: Wyoming and the Old West :   Few people even know the true definition of the term “West”; and w...

Lex Anteinternet: Geography, Native Ameicans, Women, French, and Fem... : We recently posted this lengthy post on a Federal order to rename ...

Arapaho woman (Hisei), late 19th Century. Today In Wyoming's History: Wyoming has 43 federal places with 'squaw' in the ... :   ...