15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (977+ words) Modern technology has confirmed that two rare Jefferson peace medals in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West collection are authentic artifacts from the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition. "It’s a profoundly significant find," museum curators said. Two rare Jefferson peace…...

15+ hour, 47+ min ago   (678+ words) Wyoming hall-of-fame auctioneer Tom Harrower has been building his collection of cowboy history, artifacts and collectibles since growing up on his family’s ranch near Kemmerer. “This is about preserving our stories before they are lost,” he said. Tom Harrower grew…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1374+ words) Workers in the Lance Creek oil fields in Niobrara County during World War II feared during they were on Hitler's hit list because 25% of Wyoming’s oil came from the area. Hitler never struck, and now about 50 people remain in a…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1390+ words) When highway workers ran into a sinkhole with 20,000 bison bones in it, they had to completely re-route Interstate 90 in 1969. What became known as the Vore Buffalo Jump is a rare archaeological site where people can see artifacts in their original…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1352+ words) A group of 250 unemployed protesters hijacked a train in Idaho in spring 1894 and were arrested in Green River, Wyoming. The first major march on the nation’s capital included many Wyomingites who had lost their jobs and were fighting for survival....

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1270+ words) A 48-foot, 8,100-pound steel eagle in Mills was the biggest of 95 giant birds created by Montana artist Todd Berget. When a Casper businessman saw it while on a bus going to Glacier National Park, he decided to bring it to…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1162+ words) A rusty yellow school bus riddled with bullet holes in the trees in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest is similar to the bus made famous by the book and movie “Into the Wild" — minus the tragedy. How it got there and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1787+ words) In 1935, bones alleged to be Pinckney Sublette's were reburied overlooking the rendezvous grounds of mountain men near Daniel, Wyoming, after sitting in a Missouri courthouse closet. Whether those bones are actually his remains a mystery. Most Wyoming residents know the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (856+ words) Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “While July 4th is celebrated with the noise of artillery shells, how shall we celebrate the silent miracle of August 29th? Today’s 250th anniversary marks not the achievement of men but the providence of God.” America’s 250th birthday celebration saw…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1414+ words) Legend has it that Thomas Edison's "Eureka!" electric light bulb moment came from a burning pole while fishing at Battle Lake in Wyoming in 1878. There's even a historical marker at the site. But Wyoming historian Phil Roberts says the story…...