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Renée Jean

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<title>Lavish Wyoming Property In Daniel Goes To Virtual Auction Block | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming hasn’t typically sold a lot of high-end properties in online auctions, though it’s a rising trend. On October 16, one auction will sell a particularly luxurious home that way in Daniel. Starting bids are in the $4.5 to $6 million range, which boasts 11,337 square feet of living space, 9 bedrooms and 12.5 bathrooms.

Lavish Wyoming Property In Daniel Goes To Virtual Auction Block

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>A Missing Heir And Mysterious Bell Haunted The Fountain Hotel In Yellowstone | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A missing heir of a millionaire, disappearing motorists and a mysterious bell ringing for service in an empty room were some of the mysteries shrouding the Fountain Hotel in Yellowstone. Park rangers and guests were pleased when the luxury hotel was torn down in 1926, taking with it its ghosts.

A Missing Heir And Mysterious Bell Haunted The Fountain Hotel In Yellowstone

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Jen Kocher

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<title>More Than 40 Years Later, Search Continues For Clues To Murder Of Buffalo Teen | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In 1982, 18-year-old Naomi Kidder vanished while hitchhiking from Rawlins to Buffalo, Wyoming, and her body was found months later. Four decades later, police still seek answers in the unsolved murder and hope new leads will bring justice.

More Than 40 Years Later, Search Continues For Clues To Murder Of Buffalo Teen

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<title>Squatters, BASE Jumpers Flood Yosemite During Shutdown, No Chaos At Yellowstone | Cowboy State Daily</title>

During the government shutdown, Yosemite National Park has been invaded by squatters and adrenaline junkies, illegally parachuting off El Capitan. Tour guides told Cowboy State Daily that Grand Teton and Yellowstone haven’t slid into chaos.

Squatters, BASE Jumpers Flood Yosemite During Shutdown, No Chaos At Yellowstone

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<title>Nobel Prize Winner Misses Big News While Off-The-Grid in The Wyoming Wilderness | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The world was calling Fred Ramsdell to tell the California researcher that he’d won a Nobel Prize. He was blissfully unaware, backpacking at 8,000 feet in the Wyoming mountains, until he discovered a flood of messages.

Nobel Prize Winner Misses Big News While Off-The-Grid in The Wyoming Wilderness

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Self-Proclaimed Cartel Member Gets Life In Kidnapping, Torture Of Lander Woman | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Self-proclaimed drug cartel member Adolfo Vargas Lepe filed an appeal this week after receiving a life sentence for kidnapping a Lander woman. He reportedly tortured her with power tools, shot her in both legs and trapped her in a dog kennel.

Self-Proclaimed Cartel Member Gets Life In Kidnapping, Torture Of Lander Woman

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