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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.

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The historic Fort Fred Steele site in Carbon County, Wyoming.

Wyoming History: That Time Old Jim Gregory Literally Talked A Man To Death

​Fort Fred Steele in Carbon County was the setting for a legendary Old West Wyoming showdown. It was 1878 when Old Jim Gregory literally talked another man to death. When a doctor arrived, he looked at the body and said, “This is some of Gregory’s work."

Jackie DorothySeptember 14, 2025

87-year-old Martin Andreen is a self-taught appliance repair man. He repairs both modern and older models, especially washing machines. He is not fazed by circuit boards and modern technology. Andreen has found ways to repair sensors and other new-fangled contraptions that come his way to his shop in Thermopolis, Wyoming.

Meet Mr. Fix-It: 87-Year-Old Martin Andreen Keeps Thermopolis Running

At 87, Martin Andreen is a Thermopolis throwback who's kept the small Wyoming town running for decades as a self-taught appliance repairman. He’s known to locals as Mr. Fix-It, and if he doesn’t know how to fix something, he’ll figure it out.

Jackie DorothySeptember 13, 2025

Mark Mortimore with MS-1, the ambulance that bears the #1 call sign for Medical Service in Wyoming. After nearly 80 years, his family will no longer be in the emergency service and will be focusing on their funeral home. His dad, Clark, had designed the unique logo that bears the bucking horse and the medical symbol which adorned all the ambulances and uniforms for the crew.

Mortimore Funeral Home Ends 80 Years of Ambulance Service In Rural Wyoming

After eight decades of ambulance service, Mortimore Funeral Home in Thermopolis is retiring its ambulance operations. In the 1950s, it was common practice to run an ambulance out of funeral homes because they had a big enough car to fit the cot, patient and attendant.

Jackie DorothySeptember 07, 2025

About 1898, Elmer Chatfield with draft horses and work crew near Ten Sleep, Wyoming. He is the one standing and holding his daughter.

Wyoming History: Nobody Crossed ‘Chatty’ Chatfield, The Toughest Cowboy Pioneer

Against a backdrop of lawlessness and frontier legend, Elmer “Chatty” Chatfield may have been the toughest of them all. Even at birth he wasn’t fazed when a windstorm sent a tent pole onto his head.

Jackie DorothySeptember 07, 2025

The Pikes Hot Shot crew out of Monument, Colorado, were grateful for a home cooked meal prepared by the Philp family. It was a gesture of gratitude but also common sense since the ranchers know that the hard work of fighting fires all day would make for a giant appetite.

After Saving Their Herds, Wyoming Ranchers Feed Hundreds Of Firefighters

As the 125,000-acre Red Canyon Fire threatened their herds and livelihoods, Wyoming ranchers scrambled to save them. Then they cooked up a storm to feed hundreds of firefighters also working to save them.

Jackie DorothySeptember 01, 2025

Bill Nye (not the science guy) was a humorist that was as famous as Mark Twain in his day. He founded the newspaper in Laramie and named it Boomerang after his beloved donkey. He captioned this picture of himself: “A thoughtful, scholarly and choice fragment of modern architecture with lines of care about the firmly chiseled mouth.”

Wyoming History: Bill Nye (Not The Science Guy) And His Mule Named Boomerang

Long before there was Bill Nye the Science Guy there was Laramie, Wyoming, newspaperman Bill Nye, one of the leading humorists of the late 19th century. His little orphan mule named Boomerang inspired him when life didn’t seem so funny.

Jackie DorothySeptember 01, 2025

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