2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1830+ words) In 1958, the Wyoming Governor's Mansion in Cheyenne hosted an underground fight club. The club's promoter was also a frequent contender " he weighed in at 67. 5 pounds. That was Paul Hickey, then8years old and son of Wyoming Gov. John Joseph Hickey. In 1958, the…...

20+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1451+ words) While growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, Ernie Whaley's prized possession was a brown bear rug." It was his only tangible connection to his family in Shell, Wyoming, that he had visited decades ago as a young boy." "I…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1118+ words) The first home in Casper was built in 1888, but now is barely standing. The plan when it was moved 57 years ago was to restore the house, but never happened. Now with fears it may not survive another winter, a historian…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1796+ words) A University of Wyoming archaeologist is the lead author on'a new paper'that has potentially upended what we know about the history of humanity in the Americas. The evidence pushes back the arrival of humans in the Americas by thousands of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1345+ words) Calamity Jane frequently visited her sister's family at her Borner's Garden homestead near Lander, despite clashes with Lena's husband, John. After Lena's early death, John moved the children to Greybull, leaving Borner's Garden a ghost of frontier life. At the…...

3+ week, 20+ min ago  (1554+ words) In 1884, a 34-year-old member of the British Parliament traveled to Wyoming during a legislative break to hunt sheep in the Bighorn Mountains. It was not a successful trip as he fell off a cliff more than 100 feet into Tensleep Canyon…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1946+ words) Growing up in Wyoming's Atlantic City was tough. Childhood ended as soon as a kid could swing an axe. This was no Victorian picture-book village. This was a mining town clinging to a dusty slope in the high country where…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago  (1687+ words) Born in a wagon belonging to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Shorty Kischko spent his life riding and roping for legendary Wild West shows. "I saw the Wild West Show come into its own, I saw it thrive as a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1863+ words) When Wyoming's most-decorated soldier returned to Vietnam as part of a Wyoming PBS documentary, he did not expect to meet a man who witnessed his actions at a battle that led to a Medal of Honor nomination. The words his…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1576+ words) Barney L. Ford, a runaway slave who brought elegance to the rugged tent city of Cheyenne, built a fortune and became known as the city's "Black Barron" was recently honored with a bronze statue. It stands across from where his famous…...