Wyoming History

Wyoming is proud of it's history and for good reason, the history is incredible and there are many ways for you to enjoy it.

December 5, 1944, a Japanese balloon bomb landed just outside of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Around 6:15 p.m., four coal miners heard a whistling noise overhead, followed by an explosion that sent flames parachuting across the night sky.

Here in Wyoming, Christmas has been officially observed since the territory was first granted statehood in 1890. But a lot has changed since then.

It never ceases to amaze me what can be found in Wyoming, when he take a moment to stop and poke around in the ground.

The 1969 University of Wyoming football season will live in infamy.

Imagine a baseball game where the players entered the field in shackles. This field of dreams was surrounded by armed guards aiming their rifles at the players.

The last time a solar eclipse passed over Wyoming, our state had six million sheep and 190,000 people.

Cinco De Mayo marks the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where Mexico manhandled a much larger French army. Although present-day Wyoming was already a United States Territory in 1862, nearly 10 percent of land in the Cowboy State was once a part of Mexico...

Brown's Saloon was established in 1822 to serve thirsty fur trappers at the Brown's Hole trading fort along the Green River

As Christians across the Cowboy State prepare to celebrate Easter, here's an amazing gallery of photographs from the Wyoming State Archives featuring some of our most historic churches. There are over 400 pictures of churches in the State Archives Photo Database...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, here's a salute to the tiny ghost town of Patrick, Wyoming. In 1876, a man named Ed Patrick arrived in Wyoming and found work as a driver on the stage line that ran from Cheyenne to Deadwood, South Dakota...

It turns out that it was a law at one point in time, but it restricted the use of photography for all game animals. However, is the old law still valid?