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 …
By Phil Roberts Many years ago, I gave a talk to the Laramie Lyceum about the unusual number of connections between Wyoming and Australia. I …
By Phil Roberts “Go out in the back steps of the University or any other convenient place about town and take a look at the …
By Phil Roberts Traveling across Wyoming was perilous in the covered wagon days of the Oregon-California trail. Yet, even when rail travel made it faster …
By Phil Roberts As nice as it sounded, walking and hearing silver dollars clanking in your Levi’s pocket used to have a few down sides. I’m …
By Phil Roberts I’m not a specialist on Scandinavian history and biography, but one late spring day, after several heavy downpours during the week, I …
By Phil Roberts A 42-year odyssey with a white 1979 Chrysler LeBaron came to an end this week when we sold it to a salvage …
A Reminiscence by Phil Roberts Pumping gas at a filling station was a pretty good job for high school students in those long-ago days before …
By Phil Roberts Olympic records are falling every day… I’m reminded, more than 50 years after becoming “State Champion,” of the time I finally decided …
By Phil Roberts The Americans with Disabilities Act was far in the future when a group of Lusk residents first met to …
By Phil Roberts In the 1950s, a celebrated veteran in the entertainment business wrote about his memories of Wyoming in his autobiography. He …
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 …
By Phil Roberts An important location in Laramie figures in this story…. In the days before the GI Bill, Congress did provide material thanks …
by Phil Roberts Posted 22 June 2021, but 1st posted 15 February 2015 (The following is an abstract of remarks made to the Laramie County …
By Phil Roberts In these times of ever more curiosity with the antics of the British royals (and former royals), writers have remarked on the …
June 2008 Guided by Phil Roberts, author of this brief narrative Day 1: Laramie to Sundance As we leave Laramie, we get a quick …
By Phil Roberts One day in 1871 two miners, Philip Arnold and John Slack, walked into a bank in San Francisco and asked that their …
(Vietnam War & Korean War) Wyoming soldiers, sailors, Marines, have died in wars since territorial days in the 19th century. Lists of names of those …
This week is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in Wyoming. The full story may be found here. https://wyomingalmanac.com/?page_id=360 Chapter 16 On May 25, …
By Phil Roberts Wyoming law establishes the last Monday in April as Arbor Day. On that day, according to the statute, a “tree …
By Phil Roberts, 2 May 2021 We’ve moved the website, but it is directly reachable through the words “Wyoming Almanac” and no longer from “Everything …
By Phil Roberts During the same week in August 1909, two cities held what each billed as their first annual automobile race. One race–moved to …
Health Officials Comment on Wyoming-Made Uranium Bags and Pillows, 1955 By Phil Roberts In the middle 1950s, with the advent of radioactivity and the …
A seldom-noticed stone drinking fountain intersects and blocks the long, straight sidewalk west of Old Main halfway to University Avenue. Almost hidden among the summer …
Ed. note: This is a brief excerpt from a much longer article about liquor licensing in post-Prohibition Wyoming. This piece focuses on a racial issue …
by Albin Wagner Published in Capitol Times (Cheyenne), Vol. 1, #12, September 1983, pp. 17-20. Editor’s Note, February 23, 2018 Wyoming has been a “state of …
By Phil Roberts Wyoming has been the least populated state throughout most of its existence, The small population variously has been a disadvantage, particularly with …
Lots of myths are out there about how local Western towns approached guns in their earliest years. Below is the city ordinance of Cheyenne, 1867. …
Myths have surprisingly long lifespans and they are extremely difficult to correct once they’ve been accepted by the popular culture. Following are at least 12 …
(This article was written by a visiting scholar at UW in 2010, with the goal of publishing in a Chinese journal) The head line on …
In the 19th century and the first couple of decades in the 20th, many Wyoming towns hosted visits from world-renowned actors. Transcontinental air traffic flies …
(For a look at photos, click on Wyoming Almanac, Tours, 2016).Every two years in the past decade or so, the Laramie Plains Museum has sponsored …
By Phil Roberts. The decades of the 1960s through the 1980s marked a maturation of public interest in Wyoming history. In 1951 Wyoming laws designated …
By Phil Roberts It was a winter day in Kitty Hawk, North Caroline, in 1903 when Wilbur and Orville Wright’s flying machine launched the air …
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 …
A Report to Peripatetics in 1955 by John F. Sullivan Edited with annotations by Phil Roberts, July 2016 The following transcription is from a …
Stories, Facts and People of Wyoming. Since 1987, Wyoming Almanac has been a mainstay for information about the State of Wyoming — it’s people, environment, …
DAY 3: Johnson County After a bus drive-by of the Three Crowns golf course remediation site where the Standard Oil refinery once stood, the tour …
Sept. 21: Western Travel and Transportation Guidebooks and Travel Accounts. Following are two types of works: contemporary accounts of early travel and travel guidebooks relied …
Instructor: Dr. Phil Roberts Class Meeting Time: M, W, F, 2:10-3 p.m., 208 Business Bldg. Office: 356 History Bldg. E-mail address: philr@uwyo.edu Office Hours: M, W, 10-Noon, and …
COMPARING FRONTIERS HIST 5605/HIST 5650, Spring 2005 Instructors: Kristine T. Utterback Office: History 258. Phone: 766-6259 Office Hours: M, 2-3; W, 2-4, or by …
AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY History 4475/5475 Autumn Term, 2017 Instructor: Dr. Phil Roberts Time: M, W, F, 1:10-2 p.m. …
Note: This syllabus was for a class taught in 2017. This is an “open source” syllabus and open to anyone who may wish to utilize …
History of Oil (HIST 4535/5535) Spring 2017 Instructor: Dr. Phil Roberts Time: T, Th, 1:20-2:35 p.m. Place: Class will meet in Room 115 of the Half …
Updated Special Message (Posted March 16) The course will be switched from face-to-face to online for the rest of this term (Spring 2020). Watch this page …
From 1990-2017, Phil taught dozens of different classes at the University of Wyoming. During that same time period, he taught the History of Wyoming freshman …
Seminar History of American West (Hist 5630) Autumn Term, 2015Phil Roberts …
