Wyoming’s 1st Printed Newspaper Was a Daily
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 …
Month: November 2021
Having a Sandwich with Tom Horn (A Century After He Was Hanged)
By Phil Roberts, Nov. 19, 2021 Hired gunman Tom Horn was hanged on the “Julian gallows” inside the Laramie County Jail 118 years ago tomorrow. …
Transcontinental Telegraph Came Across Wyoming in 1861
Invented by Samuel F. B. Morse in the 1830s, the telegraph was already maturing as a communication tool when it became a key component to …
Fractional Money: Civil War Era Coin Shortage Solution
A few months ago, I wrote about the merits of silver dollars, widely used in most of Wyoming in the 1950s. I neglected to mention …