Television came to most Wyoming and area communities in the 1950s by way of over-the-air broadcast, caught on antennas mounted on towers or housetops. Some …
This editorial was published in the Seattle Press-Times, May 10, 1895, p. 2, c. 2: “During the last ten years a remarkable change has taken …
By Phil Roberts, Reprinted from Buffalo Bones column, October 20, 1979 The first printed newspaper in Wyoming hit the streets on June 12, 1863. Unlike …
On Sept. 29, 1977, David L. Roberts started the Medicine Bow Post, just as the town of Medicine Bow was about to boom (with the …
By Phil Roberts In the 1950s, a celebrated veteran in the entertainment business wrote about his memories of Wyoming in his autobiography. He …
Advertising Some Interesting Wyoming Ads 1. “Individual Towels” Sign, posted in 1868, promoting one of the best features of a hotel in Benton, now a ghost …
By Phil Roberts In Wyoming, with the smallest population of any state and a tradition of individualism, one person can have a greater impact …
By Phil Roberts Copyright by Phil Roberts, 1989. This article began as a graduate seminar paper in a class at the University of Washington in …
By Phil Roberts More than a century and a quarter ago in 1895, editors of leading newspapers gave their predictions about what how the 20th …
