Coming Home: Nixon and the 1st Marine Division, 1971
By Phil Roberts, 4-23-2024 “Pass in review!” The President stood at attention, saluting the flags being held high by the color guard, all attired in …
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Manual Transmissions and American Tourists
By Phil Roberts, 2/16/2024 It started with a very lucky break, but quickly became more complicated. A few years ago, we had just landed in …
A Few Interesting Items…
By Phil Roberts, 7-11-23 While traveling in the southern Caucasus mountains in western and northern Azerbaijan some years ago, I encountered several small villages that …
Cheyenne’s Admiral in World War II
Cheyenne was the birthplace of at least one Navy admiral—Francis X. McInerney, who was born in Cheyenne in 1899. While he was stationed worldwide in …
Telling Steve McQueen How to Shoot Tom Horn
By Phil Roberts, 1/15/22 ….If there is a moral to the story, it would be not to tell a box office star how to shoot …
Gambling, 1950s: Fremont Lake Ice Pool
Betting (and opposition to it) has a long tradition in Wyoming. Take the lottery once conducted over ice on Fremont Lake. In a rather lengthy …
The Coin Commission’s Compromise: Equality State? Cowboy State? And Sharing the Open Space
By Phil Roberts The new Wyoming quarter, officially unveiled in August 2007, shows Wyoming’s license-plate bucking horse and next to it are three words: “The …
28 Events That Happened in Wyoming on the Fourth of July
From Phil, David, Steven Roberts, Wyoming Almanac, 7th ed. (Cheyenne, 2013), p.. 225. 1. Missionary Marcus Whitman led patriotic prayer service at South Pass en …
LIST OF WYOMING WAR DEAD
(Vietnam War & Korean War) Wyoming soldiers, sailors, Marines, have died in wars since territorial days in the 19th century. Lists of names of those …
Wyoming Corral of Westerners Held 65th Year in 2018
The first “corral” of Westerners International established in Wyoming is more than 65 years old. The organization was formed nationally by Black Hills-born historian Leland …
WYOMING HOLIDAYS
WYOMING HOLIDAYS Schools and State Offices Closed New Year’s Day *Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyoming Equality Day: third Monday in January (set by legislative act …
Fiction: Gunkels Moth by Phil Roberts
GUNKEL’S MOTH A Short Story by Phil Roberts Copyright 1988 Dr. Amadeus Gunkel, the distinguished retired botany professor and world-famous moth collector, just completed …
Dates in Wyoming History
Stories of events happening on various dates are added from time to time. Eventually, a complete 365-day section will be in place. January 6 On …
Frank Leslie’s Account of Cheyenne Visit, 1877
Frank Leslie’s Account of Cheyenne Visit, 1877 “We reached Cheyenne on April 21sst. This city of the Plains has a reputation for vice and crime …
Wyoming’s First Auto Fatality: Rawlins, 1906
Wyoming’s First Auto Fatality Happened in Rawlins, 1906 The first automobile fatality recorded in Wyoming was a pedestrian hit by a car. …
Gasoline and Moonshine
Gasoline and Moonshine “Gasoline and moonshine very much resemble each other. Both liquids are colorless and each has a pungent odor. “Gasoline, when taken internally …