Wyoming History

December 25, 1866, soldiers at Fort Laramie gathered for the Christmas party. By night's end, it would be the saddest holiday celebration in Wyoming history.

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.

Here's a look back at the history of Presidential elections here in the Cowboy State.

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

In 1907 a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court kept the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

November 6, 1908, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid were gunned down in South America. But, the demise of the infamous Wyoming outlaws remains shrouded in mystery.

We hear a lot about meth and prescription drug abuse here in Wyoming. 100 years ago, the Cowboy State had a different drug of choice, cocaine.

The story of how Andrew Pixley ended up sentenced to the gas chamber in 1965 is a chilling true crime story in Wyoming history.

The Capitol was originally built in 1887 for $150,000, the modern-day equivalent of $4 million. The cost to renovate just the Capitol building was $116 million in 2017.

As Wyoming residents bundle up and brace for frigid temperatures, here's a look back at five of the worst winter storms in the state's history.

Charles Starkweather was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. Thanks to a friendly stranger on a desolate highway in Wyoming, his reign of terror finally ended just outside of Douglas on January 29, 1958.