December 25, 1866, soldiers at Fort Laramie gathered for the Christmas party. By night's end, it would be the saddest holiday celebration in Wyoming history.
December 5, 1944, a Japanese balloon bomb landed just outside of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Around 6:15 p.m., four coal miners heard a whistling noise overhead, followed by an explosion that sent flames parachuting across the night sky.
Recently, I had dinner at Bejo Asian Restaurant on 112 West 17th Street in downtown Cheyenne.
In between bites of walnut shrimp, I couldn't help what wonder what that building must have been like during its heyday as the legendary Mayflower Cafe...
In January of 1890, the final session of the Wyoming Territorial Legislature debated a controversial idea to impose a tax on single men.
The so-called "bachelor tax" would have levied a $2.50 against all unmarried men in the state.
Although the proposal did have some support across the state, including an editorial in the Rawlins Daily Times, it was eventually tabled...