Most of the trappers and mountain men who came west in the early 1800s came to trap fur-bearing animals, mainly beaver, to sell the hides and make a pile of money. Beaver fur was used in ‘beaver hats’ that were considered to be ‘in the vogue’ in Europe and later in American. At one time beaver felt
The driver of a truck hauling nitroglycerine and the unlucky hitchhiker he picked up, were “literally blown to bits” in 1921 when it exploded in Bonneville, Wyoming, leaving a hole 16 feet deep. Nearly all 75 buildings in the small community were damaged by the blast.
Most of us who have lived in Wyoming for many years have our stories about bad winters, extremely cold temperatures, deep snows and blizzards. But the nice winters go almost unnoticed. Still, it is nice to look back in time and see that that there were many ‘open winters’ like we are having so far t
Tomorrow, November 11, is Veteran’s Day, originally called Armistice Day. An armistice is an agreement to cease fighting to negotiate the terms to end conflict, usually between warring countries. An armistice is a cease-fire, it is not a surrender.
The armistice that brought an end to hostilities
University of Wyoming Libraries has received a third round of funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support ongoing newspaper digitization work.