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The Dirty Job Of Digging Up Wyoming History In Outhouses
Warren Borton has spent decades digging up old Wyoming outhouse pits. What he finds are sometimes rare and significant pieces of history. And bottles. Lots and lots of old glass bottles.
Jackie DorothyAugust 04, 2024
Greybull Cheers Local Teen Who Finally Gets A New Heart
Ayden Skillman has lived much of his life without a complete heart because of a congenital heart defect. Now his hometown of Greybull, Wyoming, is cheering the local 18-year-old who’s always shown tons of heart who finally has a new one.
Renée JeanAugust 04, 2024
Bar Workers From Across The U.S. Flock To Sturgis To Make Big Money
Bartenders and waiters from across the country flock to Sturgis for the annual motorcycle rally where the population swells from 7,200 people to about 500,000. They say they can earn up to a fourth of their annual income during the 10-day rally.
Justin GeorgeAugust 03, 2024
Casper Freaks Out When Trio Of 50-Year-Old Creepy Kid Mannequins Listed For Sale
When a trio of 50-year-old child mannequins turned up for sale earlier this week in Casper, dozens of people tried to buy them. They say their dead, emotionless faces, real human hair, and vacant eyes left them fabulously freaked out.
Andrew RossiAugust 03, 2024
Wildfire Burns Harriet Hageman’s Family Homestead, More Evacuations Ordered
A 25,000-acre wildfire raging through the Haystack Hills of eastern Wyoming burned Harriet Hageman’s family homestead. She fought back tears talking about the “devastating” fire. Meanwhile, more evacuations were ordered late Friday.
Pat MaioAugust 03, 2024
Sturgis Rally Has Just Begun, But Bartenders Asking — Where Are The Drinkers?
From scheduling events later in the day to IV stations, Sturgis knows many come to its famous motorcycle rally to tie one on. But with a largely older population, a question bartenders were asking on the first day — where are the drinkers?
Justin GeorgeAugust 03, 2024
Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame – Steven C. James: Chasing Cattle for over 65 years
Steve James of Daniel has been riding and checking cattle in the Hoback Basin since he was seven years old – a span of 65 years, even though he’s been riding for almost all his 73 years. In October he will be inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Candy MoultonAugust 02, 2024
South Dakota’s Oldest Woman Is 108, And Was At The First Sturgis Rally In 1938
Hazel Baumberger is 108 years old and attended the first Sturgis motorcycle rally in 1938 — and several others in decades since. Unable to attend anymore, bikers have decided to take the rally to her.
Justin GeorgeAugust 02, 2024
Sturgis Rally Is 'Super Bowl' For Wyoming Harley-Davidson Stores
Deluxe Harley-Davidson in Gillette, Wyoming, is open 14 straight days to cater to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attendees. Just off Interstate 90 on the way to Sturgis, the rally represents the “Super Bowl” for the motorcycle shop.
Justin GeorgeAugust 02, 2024
No Rain Relief For Wyoming Wildfires Until Next Week
As wildfires across Wyoming continue to pop up and grow, firefighters shouldn’t expect any help from Mother Nature anytime soon. There won’t be any rain relief for the fires until next week, meteorologist Don Day says.
Andrew RossiJuly 31, 2024
Wyoming Wrestlers Who Fought Grizzly Featured In New Documentary
A group of wrestlers from northwest Wyoming who successfully fought off an angry grizzly bear in 2022 were in Alaska this summer to face bears — and their fears — again. They’re part of a documentary about their story, which could start streaming in 2025.
Leo WolfsonJuly 29, 2024
Dedication Will Remember Gebo’s Children, Forever Home In Wyoming Ghost Town Cemetery
A society that specializes in the absurd will get serious Saturday when it dedicates the Wyoming ghost town of Gebo. The former mining boom town is also the final resting place for many of Gebo’s children, who died during epidemics.
Jackie DorothyJuly 29, 2024
Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery: Monday, July 29, 2024
Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is at Cheyenne Frontier Days all 10 days of the event and will be producing photo galleries daily. Enjoy!
July 29, 2024
Edgerton: The Wyoming Oil Field Town That Refuses To Die
Like many areas around Wyoming, tiny Edgerton sprang up as an energy town and endured many booms and busts. It never died with the last bust, and the 120 or so people who still live here are working on a revival.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 28, 2024
Sheridan Man’s Family Civil War Diaries Is A Glimpse Into America’s Deadliest Conflict
Doyl Fritz of Sheridan, Wyoming, spent a year transcribing the diaries of his great-grandfather John Prentice, who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. The lessons gleaned from the account of America’s deadliest conflict are priceless, he says.
Amber SteinmetzJuly 28, 2024
Sweet Pea, The Rescued Pet Tortoise In Cody, Keeps Escaping
Sweet Pea is a 12-year-old tortoise in Cody who keeps escaping his yard to graze on the front lawn of neighbors. And if there's something in his yard that doesn't like, he'll move it. His siblings, two giant mastiffs, know he runs things, so they stay out of his way.
Andrew RossiJuly 28, 2024
Cross-Carrying Street Preacher Walks Across Wyoming On Way To D.C.
Nick Schindler has made his walk with Christ an arduously physical thing, and he’s bearing his cross — a literal 75-pound solid-wood cross — through Wyoming on his way across America.
Mark HeinzJuly 28, 2024
55-Year Cheyenne Frontier Days Volunteer Recalls When It Was Wilder
With more than 2,500 volunteers, Cheyenne Frontier Days has more helpers than many Wyoming towns. Lynn McColl, who has been a volunteers for 55 years, says it was wilder when he started. “I drank my first beer in Cheyenne riding down the street at 13 on a horse,” he said.
Renée JeanJuly 28, 2024
Massive Wyoming Dinosaur Shipped To Denmark Museum Got Lost In The Mail
An exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of a massive Camarasaurus has been unveiled at the Museum of Evolution in Denmark. But its 150 million-year journey from Ten Sleep, Wyoming, to Copenhagen included a week lost in the mail somewhere in Europe.
Andrew RossiJuly 28, 2024
Guapo, A Giant 3,000-Pound Celebrity Holstein Steer, Retiring To Wyoming Ranch
Guapo, a giant 3,000-pound Holstein steer, is one of the largest and most famous bovines in the world. The steer, which stands 6 feet, 2 inches tall at the shoulder and stars in a series of children's books, is retiring to a ranch in Rozet, Wyoming.
Andrew RossiJuly 28, 2024
Former Wyoming Judge Busted For Drugs Now Spreads Recovery Story And Hope
Terri Smith was a respected Wyoming tribal judge before she was busted for dealing cocaine and helping to sell prescription drugs. Now she's working to help other addicts recover and find redemption through accountability and gratitude.
Clair McFarlandJuly 28, 2024
Laramie Artist Creates Huge 60-Foot Mural In Downtown Casper
A Laramie artist is busy creating a huge 60-foot mural on the 42 Degrees North building in downtown Casper. It’s a wintery scene of Hogadon Basin Ski Area on Casper Mountain.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 28, 2024
Wyoming History: Casper Double-Murderer Shot Down By Sheriff In Douglas In 1924
It was 1924 when a double-dealing Casper businessman about to be caught embezzling snapped, killing his wife and son, then fled to Douglas. But he couldn’t outrun the law, gunned down in a shootout at the Hotel LaBonte with the local sheriff.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 28, 2024
Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery: Sunday, July 28, 2024
Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is at Cheyenne Frontier Days all 10 days of the event and will be producing photo galleries daily. Enjoy!
July 28, 2024