Today In History

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

Today, South Pass is a ghost town, but it may have more ghosts than we realize thanks to Polly Bartlett.

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

On January 31, 1917, Wyoming Governor Robert D. Carey signed the state flag bill into law, and the flag was adopted.

On this day in 1867, the first bicycle in the Cowboy State was assembled. That's 151 years of bicycles in Wyoming, and we want to celebrate it right.

It was 48 years ago yesterday that JFK was shot and killed while traveling in a motorcade in Texas. Shortly after the terrible incident, CBS News interrupted a broadcast of ‘As the World Turns’ and Walter Cronkite broke the news to a shocked nation.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the globe (More info) 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Continental Army Colonel Ethan Allen is captured by the British (More info) 1789 – The first Congress of the United States approves 12 amendments to the US Constitution, the first 10 of which become the Bill of Rights (More info) 1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts (More info) 1957

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – The Judiciary Act of 1789, which establishes the Supreme Court of the United States, is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington (More info) 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy (More info) 1906 – US President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devil

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1779 – John Paul Jones declares “I have not yet begun to fight!” (More info) 1846 – German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established (More info) 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which proposes to free all slaves of rebel states as of January 1, 1863 (More info)