Today In History

The Holliday Fire, as it was later called, began in the W. B. Holliday building on Second and Custer.

Park tells the story of Frank Emi, a second-generation Japanese American who was interred at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in North-Central Wyoming.

A crowd outside the hotel initially called for him to be lynched, and Pixley was moved to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for better security.

A crowd outside the hotel initially called for him to be lynched, and Pixley was moved to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for better security.

The Tarzan of the Tetons, as he was called, was a famed "mountain man," who lived off the land in the Tetons.

Located at an elevation of 9462 feet in the Big Horn Mountains, with quite the trek to get to it, Medicine Wheel is an ancient landmark with unclear origins.

On this day in 1891, the Laramie Cycling Club was organized.

She was believed to be going to the Shoshone National Forest to practice the course of a 10k run she'd be competing in later that year. But Amy was never seen again.

You can watch a video taken by an anonymous Laramie resident back in 1940 of the very first Laramie Jubilee Days, complete with the parade and a demonstration from local firemen.

If not for her untimely disappearance in 1937, the most famous female aviator in history might have become a resident of the cowboy state.

The short-lived state even selected Sheridan, Wyoming as its capitol.

Did you know that Wyoming reported 70 women voted in 1870, but only Louisa Swain was recorded?