Wyoming Legends

141 years ago today, on July 29, 1878, Thomas Edison attempted to photograph a total solar eclipse in Rawlins. According to legend, Edison's trip to Wyoming later played an important role in the invention of the light bulb.

Cowboys legend Marcus Harris is back on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the third consecutive year. The former All-American wide receiver is one of 76 finalists for induction into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.

By all accounts, John Winchester wasn't very popular. Luckily for him, the few people he did know had a good reason to attend his funeral...or so they thought. In the early 1960s, Winchester purchased the property surrounding Sister's Hill, several miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming, in the Bighorn National Forest...

For over 60 years, Dell Burke was an institution in the town of Lusk, Wyoming. From 1920 to 1978, Burke owned and operated the most famous brothel in the Cowboy State, The Yellow Hotel. Burke arrived in the bustling mining boom town in 1919 after authorities in Casper had shut down her business in the notorious Sandbar District...

For nearly two centuries, treasure hunters here in the Cowboy State have been searching for the Lost Cabin Mine. Legend has it, in the summer of 1834, a group of Swedish miners were working in the Bighorn Mountains when they struck gold...