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Tag Archives: Wyoming Territory
Territory Girl, Statehood Pioneer: Mary Godat Bellamy’s Wyoming Story
Imagine hearing the actual voice of someone who watched Civil War soldiers march past her childhood home, then lived to see the atomic age. That’s exactly what you can experience with Mary Godat Bellamy’s 1947 recordings—a remarkable audio document from … Continue reading
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Tagged audio recordings, Civil War memories, Digitized collections, Fort Sanders, Frontier Life, Laramie Wyoming, Lola Homsher, Mary Godat Bellamy, Oral History, Oral History Interviews, SoundScribr, Women in Politics, women's suffrage, WyoHistory.org, Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming Pioneers, Wyoming Statehood Day, Wyoming Territory
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Wyoming’s Grand Old Man Joseph Carey
Many people who have visited Wyoming’s capitol city at one time or another have probably driven on Carey Avenue. This well-traveled thoroughfare goes through the heart of Cheyenne on the west side of the State Capitol. But from where does … Continue reading
The “Peculiar Vibrations” of the Sweetwater County Seat
Were some of Sweetwater County’s earliest records stolen from the new county seat and lost in the desert way back in the 1870s? This is a popular story around Green River, the current Sweetwater County seat. It turns out, there … Continue reading
The Rock Springs Massacre, September 2, 1885
During the summer of 1885, tensions had been building between Chinese coal miners and European coal miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory. Both groups were employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company and were having a dispute over wages. According … Continue reading
Fourth of July in Wyoming Territory
How did Wyoming celebrate Fourth of July in territorial days? T.A. Larson’s History of Wyoming provides a slice of holiday history from the 1870s and 1880s. Here are excerpts: The Fourth of July was the great secular holiday, requiring elaborate … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, Fourth of July, Parades, T.A. Larson, Wyoming Territory
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