Wyoming History

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.

On Jan. 20, 1913, a heated debate in the Wyoming House of Representatives turned into a brawl on the floor of the Wyoming State Capitol.

In 1868, Polly Bartlett poisoned 22 men at her family's boarding house in South Pass City, Wyoming.

No, it's not a hotel from the frontier days, or a bar that claims to be where the Bucket of Blood gang was caught.

With the help of a new interactive map, you can now see what the Cowboy State looked like through the ages, dating back to the Cryogenian Period 750 million years ago.

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