“Mrs. Barriers” and the Crusade to Make Wyoming Public Buildings Accessible
By Phil Roberts The Americans with Disabilities Act was far in the future when a group of Lusk residents first met to …
Readings in Wyo History
G. Edward Pendray, Rocket Pioneer
Visions Beyond an Arrow of Fire: G. Edward Pendray, Rocket Pioneer from Wyoming By David L. Roberts G. Edward Pendray came from a part of …
Virginian Meets Matt Shepard
The Virginian Meets Matt Shepard By D. Claudia Thompson In 1951, in preparation for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of The …
Reflecting Community: Case Studies of Three Wyoming Museums
Case Studies of Three Wyoming Museums and the Impact of Each on the Community By Patty Kessler 2004 Since the 1960s, regional and local museums …
Introduction to Readings in Wyoming
Introduction to the 5th edition online, first available in 2010. (The 4th edition was published in book form in 2004). This is the fifth …
Project Wagon Wheel
Project Wagon Wheel: A Nuclear Plowshare for Wyoming By Adam Lederer Project Plowshare was the name given by the Atomic Energy Commission to a project …
Prohibition Agency’s First Case
The Prohibition Agency’s First Case: Official Zeal, Mistaken Identity and Murder in Wyoming, 1919 By Phil Roberts Published in Western Legal History 11 (Summer/Fall 1998) …
Progressivism Comes to Yellowstone
Progressivism Comes to Yellowstone: Theodore Roosevelt and Professional Land Management Agencies in the Yellowstone Ecosystem By Jeremy Johnston Throughout the Progressive Era, many professional …
Cheyenne’s 100-Octane Plant
Cheyenne’s 100-Octane Plant By Mike Mackey The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II on December 7, 1941. …
1935: A Momentous Year in Wyoming History
1935: A Momentous Year in Wyoming History by Phil Roberts Posted 15 February 2015 (The following is an abstract of remarks made to the Laramie …
Loving Cecile: The Strange Case of Stanley Lantzer
Loving Cecile: The Strange Case of Stanley Lantzer By Carol Bowers A shot rang out, followed by a woman’s scream on a Sunday morning …
Lovell’s Mexican Colony
Lovell’s Mexican Colony By Augustin Redwine* Industry came to Lovell, Wyoming, in 1916, bringing an influx of new residents including Mexican beet laborers. …
Home on the Range: Boom and Bust in Jeffrey City
Readings in Wyoming History, Essay 10 Home on the Range No More: Boom and Bust in Jeffrey City …
Grace Raymond Hebard and Americanization in Wyoming
My One Hobby: Grace Raymond Hebard and Americanization in Wyoming By Frank Van Nuys A highly ironic and bemusing scene may have entertained the Sisters …
Harvard Cook in the Wyoming Badlands:
A Harvard Cook in the Wyoming Badlands: The 1908 Diary of Alcott Farrar Elwell By Ginny Kilander “I waved my hat and …
Selling of Wyoming’s Image Between the World Wars
Give Them What They Want: The Selling of Wyoming’s Image Between the World Wars By Rick Ewig “Give them what they want” has been an …
Fired by Conscience: The Black 14 at UW
Fired by Conscience: The Black 14 Incident at the University of Wyoming and Black Protest in the Western Athletic Conference By Clifford A. Bullock The …
Evolution of Roads Across Southern Wyoming
Evolution of Roads Across Southern Wyoming By Kris A. White Roads across Wyoming grew out of the necessity of connecting the West …
Ethnicity in Wyoming
Ethnicity in Wyoming By Carl V. Hallberg (1991) Since the 1970s, western historians have recognized ethnicity as an integral part in the …
Emerging Civil Rights Movement in Wyoming:
The Emerging Civil Rights Movement: The 1957 Wyoming Public Accommodations Statute as a Case Study By Kim Ibach and William Howard Moore Two prominent …
The Wyoming Experience: Chinese in Wyoming
The Wyoming Experience: Chinese in Wyoming By Dudley Gardner A New York Daily Tribune reporter traveling with the United States Army in 1857 filed a report …
Williams v. Eaton: The Black 14 at UW
The Black 14: Williams v. Eaton A Personal Recollection by James E. Barrett [In 1969}, I was involved in an incident that shook …