
Jackie Dorothy
Jackie Dorothy is a reporter for Cowboy State Daily based in central Wyoming.
Over the past 20 years, Jackie has worked in television, radio and print across Wyoming. In this role, she has won numerous writing and history awards including the Wyoming Governor’s Journalist of the Year and SBA Journalist of the Year.
Jackie is also the podcast host of ‘Pioneers of Outlaw Country’ that explores little known historical stories of Wyoming with entertaining narrative.
Latest from Jackie Dorothy

Haunted Wyoming: Ghostly Guides Saved Explorer Lost In Yellowstone 155 Years Ago
In September 1870, Truman Everts was separated from the rest of his party in the heart of Yellowstone. In the following month, he survived a mountain lion attack, forest fire and near starvation. Full of despair, a ghostly figure appeared.
Jackie DorothyOctober 12, 2025

Wyoming Ballerina Needed Nerves Of Steel To Attend Boot Camp And Pursue Dreams
Thermopolis teen Skylar Lippincott overcame rejection and grueling challenges to earn a coveted spot at Ballet Chicago. “You have to work hard all the time and learn to ignore pain,” Lippincott said. “Ballet is a lifestyle.”
Jackie DorothyOctober 12, 2025

Wyoming History: Frank McGovern Squanders Fortune in Wyoming’s Sweetwater District
Educated Chicagoan Frank McGovern found the legendary Miners Delight mine, then lost over a million dollars to gambling, drinking, and violence, leaving behind a legacy of squandered wealth and scandal in South Pass City.
Jackie DorothyOctober 11, 2025

A Missing Heir And Mysterious Bell Haunted The Fountain Hotel In Yellowstone
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.
Jackie DorothyOctober 11, 2025

Haunted Wyoming: The Mysterious Sandwich-Eating Ghost At Bridger Creek In The Big Horn Basin
In the remote Big Horn Basin, cowboys and locals tell of a spooky legend involving a woman’s ghost, eerie lights, and mysterious happenings at the infamous Rech Cabin, where history and the supernatural collide.
Jackie DorothyOctober 05, 2025

Wyoming History: Big Horn Loved A Pair Of Tame Elk, Until A Teacher Got Stomped
Back in the 1890s, a pair of tame elk delighted the townspeople of Big Horn, Wyoming. They even taught the elk how to pull wagons for them. Then one of them stomped the local schoolteacher and the love affair ended.
Jackie DorothyOctober 05, 2025