fort laramie

If you grew up in Wyoming you more than likely took a trip to Fort Laramie in either the fourth grade or fifth grade. But did you know about all of the ghostly happenings that go on there every few years or so?

More than acres 100,000 of farmland in southeastern Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle is in jeopardy of going dry after an irrigation tunnel collapsed last week. The canal, which supplies irrigation water to Goshen County, apparently collapsed early July 17 roughly a mile south of Fort Laramie...

This field trip, for most kids, was the first all day travel trip they ever got to go on for school. It may have not been the most exciting trip for many, but the memory still remains.

A simple fur trade post on the Oregon Trail evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains, and is now a National Historic Site

Most national parks and sites will be open, but with limited services.

This old film shows Lou Tauberts store at Christmastime in 1949.

December 25, 1866, the soldiers at Fort Laramie gathered in the "Bedlam Building" for their annual Christmas party. By night's end, it would be the saddest holiday celebration in Wyoming history. Unbeknownst to the merrymakers, just three days earlier, 81 of their former colleagues had been ambushed and killed at Fort Phil Kearney, near present-day Buffalo, Wyoming...

If you’re ready for some free western style weekend adventure, check out The Fort Laramie Living History presentations on Saturday, August 20 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.. “On Saturday, August 20, the Fort Laramie National Historic Site's annual Moonlight Tour entitled, "A Walk Through Time: Reliving our Past - Preserving our Future," will begin at 8:00 P

State National Guard troops have been filling sandbags in Saratoga to help local residents.

No major flood damage has been reported in either Goshen or Albany counties.

What does Casper, Wyoming, have in common with Fort Collins, Colorado? The two cities, located 222 miles apart on Interstate 25, share a unique history. They were both named after members of the Collins family. Fort Collins was established in 1862, when soldiers from Fort Laramie in Wyoming were sent to protect travelers on the Overland Stage and Cherokee Trail...

I love Monday night TV for nothing else but Antique Roadshow on PBS. There is nothing more exciting than seeing someone show up with an artifact that was given to them by their weird uncle Don and see their faces when the appraiser tells them it is worth $7000...