Wednesday, December 11, 2024



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1873 - The Legislature approved the incorporation of Evanston, WY. It was annulled in 1875. It was reestablished under a Legislative act on March 4, 1882.

1875 - In Wyoming, a commission was appointed to investigate the cost of keeping the state's prisoners at Laramie and at other prisons. The results led to the Legislature of 1879 naming the Nebraska penitentiary to be the territorial penitentiary of Wyoming.

1877 - In Laramie, articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of the territory for the First Baptist Church and Society of Cheyenne.




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The 'Texas Trail' was the highway over which a tide of cattle was moved from Southwestern and Western Texas to the northwestern states, including Indian Territory, Kansas, Western Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming Territory, North and South Dakota and Montana."
- U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick on December 10, 1916





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