Two Wyomingites Who Tried to Fly, 1880s
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 …
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 …
Seminar Topics in Wyoming History (HIST 4610) Spring 2017 Time: W, 6-8:30 p.m. Place: History 155 Instructor: Phil Roberts Office hours: T, 11-noon; Wed, 1-2:30 p.m., and …
SYLLABUS FOR FALL, 2014 M, W, 9-9:50 a.m., 133 Classroom Bldg. Discussion Sections: F Dr. Phil Roberts Office: 356 History Bldg., 766-5311 Office Hours: Mon., Wed., 10 …
Instructor: Phil Roberts E-mail: philr@uwyo.edu Place: 133 Classroom Building Time: T, Th., 9:35-10:50 a.m. (no discussion sections) Office: 356 History Bldg. Phil’s Office Hours: Mon., 2-3 p.m., Tues., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and …
Mass Communication Law (COJO 4500) Fall, 2015 Instructor: Phil Roberts Time: T, Th, 1:20-2:35 p.m. Place: Engineering 3102 Office: 356 History Bldg. Email: philr@uwyo.edu Office Hours: M, 2-3 p.m.; T, 11 …
HISTORY 1251 Spring 2017 Instructor: Phil Roberts E-mail: philr@uwyo.edu Place: CR 133 Time: T, Th, 9:35-10:50 a.m. Office: 356 History Bldg. Phil’s Office Hours: T, 11 a.m.-noon; Wed., 1-2:30 p.m., …
HIST 4990-1 TOPICS: History of Wyoming Law Students will use the online chapters of History of Wyoming Law for organizing materials chronologically. The chapters will …
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WYOMING (containing amendments through Dec. 31, 2012) This is an unofficial copy to be used for History of Wyoming and …
INTRODUCTION TO THE WEB EDITION This entirely web-based series of articles is based on the fifth edition of a book consisting of essays relating …
Three Important 19th Century Treaties Several important treaties were made between the Federal Government and native tribes then occupying Wyoming. Two of the most significant …
Chapter 2: Fur Trade and the Rendezvous System The brief 16-year period of the fur trade rendezvous in Wyoming illustrates enduring truths in the economic …
Chapter 3: Wyoming as a Trail to Somewhere Else Various travelers came west with rendezvous trading parties and continued on their own. These included the …
Chapter 4: Primary Documents for Chapter 3 Document 1: Extracts from Capt. Howard Stansbury, report to Col. John James Abert, Chief, Corps of Topographical Engineers, …
Chapter 5: Coming of Rails Section 1: Choosing a Route and Financing Construction Horses, oxen and other draft animals had been the transportation mainstays for eons. …
Chapter 6: Building the Rails Section 1: Choosing a Route and Financing Construction Horses, oxen and other draft animals had been the transportation mainstays for eons. …
Chapter 7: Establishing the Territory and Granting Women Equal Rights “For the first time in the history of our country, the organization of a territorial …
Chapter 8: Public Lands From the nation’s beginning, many Americans believed the country’s future was in agriculture. Public officials articulated a continuing policy that …
Chapter 9: Water and Irrigation By Phil Roberts In the interest of furthering Thomas Jefferson’s agrarian ideal, Congress passed the original Homestead Act in …
Chapter 10: Wyoming Oil By Phil Roberts New History of Wyoming Chapter 9 This essay was written as part of the readings/lectures for a course …
Chapter 11: Constitutional Convention and Statehood Essays: “Wyoming Becomes a State: The Constitutional Convention and Statehood Debates of 1889 and 1890 — and Their Aftermath” …
Chapter 12: Contest for the Capital: The Capital Location Election of 1904 By Phil Roberts Wyomingites organized for statehood in the late 19th century, along …
Chapter 13: Creation of Wyoming Territory: Impeachment and Women’s Suffrage by Phil Roberts – 2019 Impeachment played an important, but subtle role in the creation …
Chapter 14: Creating Counties in 1911 Why Two of Wyoming’s “Grand Old Men” Have No Counties Named for Them By Phil Roberts The 1911 …
Chapter 15: Wyoming in the 1920s Most Americans enjoyed prosperity during the decade of the 1920s. In fact, the …
Chapter 16 Wyoming’s Second Constitutional Convention and the Repeal of Prohibition By Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming A version of this article appeared as: ”Wyoming’s Second …
Chapter 17 The 1930s Great Depression and the New Deal in Wyoming This essay focuses on several of the “organizing concepts”—state/federal relations (“Washington”), “boom-and-bust” (“Wall …
Chapter 18 Wyoming Adopts the Sales Tax: The 1930s Origins of the Current Tax System By Phil Roberts, Department of History, University of Wyoming …
Chapter 19 Regulating Liquor: Prohibition Enforcement, Official Corruption, and State Efforts to Control Alcohol After Prohibition Repeal By Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming The …
Chapter 20: World War II in Wyoming (Under revision) The “Temporary Emergency Sales Tax Act” and its Successors After the Griffenhagen plan was roundly rejected, …
Chapter 21: The 1950s by Phil Roberts “Everything in Wyoming is political,” goes the oft-quoted saying, “except politics. Politics is personal.” The remark …
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WYOMING (containing amendments through Dec. 31, 2012) This is an unofficial copy to be used for History of Wyoming and …
In World War I, Wyomingites who died in action numbered 468 of the 12,000 who served. During World War II, 1,095 Wyomingites died in combat …
Raining Rattlers By Phil Roberts Experts say that of the 115 various species of snakes in the United States, just 19 of them are venomous. …
Sometimes, you just have to take the initiative and buy pizzas for the Egyptian army: A Memoir of Alexandria (March 2001) By Phil Roberts Sometimes, …