Wyoming History

Wyoming celebrates another year of statehood today (July 10).

For those interested in the history of Casper and its evolution throughout the years, this is the perfect chance to visit, or revisit, some of the things that made Casper great.

Workers have discovered oil paintings hidden on six vault doors in the Wyoming Capitol Building

Sometimes our history is a series of unanswered questions. Take this old letter a man pulled out of a wall he was demolishing out of a Civil War-era home.

On January 2, 1930, the first radio station in the Cowboy State began broadcasting. 88 years later, it's still on the air and going strong.

The last time a solar eclipse passed over Wyoming, our state had six million sheep and 190,000 people.

71 years ago today, on August 11, 1946, the Wyoming Air National Guard was officially created. Over the years, the 153rd Airlift Wing has flown in the Korean War, Vietnam, the invasion of Panama, the Gulf War and the War on Terror. The group also assisted humanity missions in Bosnia, El Salvador, Haiti, Indonesia, Kosovo, Serbia and Somalia...

Wyoming earned its nickname as the "Equality State" before it even became a state. In 1869, 21 years before it was officially granted statehood, Wyoming was the first territory in America to give women the right to vote. Over the years, Wyoming women have continued to make historic progress...

It turns out that it was a law at one point in time, but it restricted the use of photography for all game animals. However, is the old law still valid?

100 years ago today, on January 31, 1917, Governer Robert D. Carey signed a bill into law adopting the official Wyoming State Flag.