Wednesday, October 15, 2025



Today in Wyoming Daily History


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1962 - Morrison-Knudsen and Associates won the contract to construct 200 Minuteman silos over an 8,300-square-mile area of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado.

1966 - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress.

1966 - The South Pass was added to the National Registry of Historic Places.

2004 - A federal judge stuck down President Clinton's 2001 ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

2010 - In Cheyenne, a bronze statue of Wyoming cowboy artist William "Bill" Gollings was unveiled at the Wyoming Arts Council.




Wyoming Quote

"In and about the Grand Canyon the rocks are nearly tinged a brilliant yellow."
- Captain Jones, who visited the Upper Yellowstone River in 1873





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