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One-Of-A-Kind Wyoming Wax Figure Collection On Track To Be Sold, Saved Instead
After years with an uncertain future, a collection of one-of-a-kind Wyoming wax figures that was on track to be dismantled or sold off has been saved instead. Now volunteers and the Wyoming Historical Society plan to display them again.
Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025
Welcome To Pete’s Service: More Than A 100-Year-Old Pine Bluffs Gas Pump Graveyard
Pete’s Service along U.S. Highway 30 in Pine Buffs, Wyoming, has become a local landmark for the dozens of rusted out old gas pumps that fill up its yard. But the 101-year-old Mobil station is much more than a gas pump graveyard.
Greg JohnsonJune 08, 2025
Jackson Woman Wants 500 People To Dress Up As Butterflies To Set A World Record
A Teton County woman is trying to convince 500 people to join her in a local soccer field later this month wearing long underwear and butterfly wings. She's trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most people dressed up in a butterfly costume.
Renée JeanJune 08, 2025
Wyoming History: How The Custer Wolf Got The Best Of A Famed Outlaw Hunter
Wyoming’s premier hunter “High Powered” Williams, who had once bested a Hole-in-the-Wall gang member, finally met his match in the 1920s. But it wasn’t another outlaw, it was the notorious Custer wolf that was terrorizing the countryside.
Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025
When A Shovel And A Shoebox Won’t Do, There’s The Worland Pet Cemetery
Losing a pet can be heartbreaking, and most owners don’t want their animals to end up discarded in a landfill. That's why people drive hundreds of miles to bring their deceased pets to Worland to use a specially designed pet crematorium chamber at the New Hope Shelter.
Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025
Wyoming Geologist Helps ID Oldest Rock In America At 3.5 Billion Years
Wyoming geologist Carol Frost and three of her colleagues have identified a new oldest rock in America. Found in Michigan, researchers estimate it’s more than 3.5 billion years old.
Renée JeanJune 07, 2025
Hall Of Fame Bronc Rider Bill 'Cody' Smith Remembered As Rodeo Legend
The rodeo world is mourning the death of Hall of Fame bronc riding legend Bill "Cody" Smith at age 83. A three-time Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association saddle bronc riding champion, he loved Cody so much he adopted it as his hometown and nickname.
Jackie DorothyJune 07, 2025
Drivers In Cheyenne Navigate Traffic, Crashes And The ‘Crazy White Honda Lady’
A woman driving a white Honda sedan has become infamous on Cheyenne’s roads. Known simply as the “Crazy White Honda Lady,” the unknown driver frequently stops in the middle of traffic to yell curses out her window and prolifically flip people off.
Greg JohnsonJune 07, 2025
He Just Wanted To Talk About Geology, Now He’s A YouTube Star
Wyoming's Myron Cook has become the Bob Ross of geology, drawing and explaining everything about rocks on YouTube. With more than 20 million views, his retirement gig is spreading his unique gospel of geology to a whole new audience as a YouTube star.
Reilly Strand & Hannah BrockJune 07, 2025
Wamsutter, Wyoming: A Dusty Blip On I-80 Where Everyone Knows Your Business
Welcome to Wamsutter, Wyoming, a tiny blip along Interstate 80 where life runs through the Love’s truck stop and everyone knows your business. Like the truckers and travelers who undergird its economy, most citizens here have all blown in from elsewhere.
Zakary SonntagJune 07, 2025
Delinquent Tax Paperwork Preceded Implosion Of Wyoming History Groups
More details are emerging over the rift that has grown in a decades-long partnership between three of Wyoming’s most prominent history groups. Records show problems leading to their split began much earlier than February.
Renée JeanJune 05, 2025
Wyoming Loves Its History But Its History Groups No Longer Love Each Other
A slow-motion blow-up is happening between three long-time history organizations. The resulting implosion is threatening to split Wyoming’s historical community in two.
Renée JeanJune 04, 2025