1834 - William Sublette and William Anderson arrive at "Laramee's Fork." The next day the foundation logs were laid for Fort William.
1854 - President Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The act made the part of Wyoming east of the Rocky Mountains part of the Territory of Nebraska.
1862 - Companies A, B, C, and D of the First Battalion of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (O.V.C.) reached Fort Laramie. Regimental commander Lieutenant Colonel William O. Collins received orders on June 3 to take three companies to South Pass. The purpose was to protect the employees and property of the Overland Mail Company and the Pacific Telegraph.
2007 - In Laramie, the main post office was named in honor of former U.S. Senator Gale McGee.
| When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote in Wyoming, although those three electoral votes turned out to be pretty important last time around. Dick Cheney |
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