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, …
Wyoming Almanac contains numerous entries in which names of people and places are listed. Here are several entries for name changes and nicknames of a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 “We reached Cheyenne on April 21sst. This city of the Plains has a reputation for vice and crime …
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 very much resemble each other. Both liquids are colorless and each has a pungent odor. “Gasoline, when taken internally …
Advertising Some Interesting Wyoming Ads 1. “Individual Towels” Sign, posted in 1868, promoting one of the best features of a hotel in Benton, now a ghost …
The Transformation of a Nomadic Culture: The Oil Industry in the Gulf States By Phil Roberts, Department of History, University of Wyoming While the title …
Over the past quarter century, I have spent considerable time in the Middle East, as a visitor and as a researcher. I have no formal …
Cairo Letter, Dec. 13, 2011 “…We said our goodbyes at the [AUC] Comm Department, library and elsewhere and off the three of us [me, Peggy, and Peggy’s …
Choosing Sections for UW’s Land Grant: Surveyor F. O. Sawin’s Project, 1886 In February 1882, Congress passed a law to grant federal government “lands to …
Textbook Controversy at the University of Wyoming, 1947-48: A Brief Summary (This article is based on a talk given by Phil Roberts for “Constitution Day” …
The Origins of the “W” on Laramie’s “W Hill” “Go out in the back steps of the University or any other convenient place about town …
Why Two of Wyoming’s “Grand Old Men” Have No Counties Named for Them By Phil Roberts The 1911 Wyoming legislature created a flurry of counties—the …
