Albert K. Bender founded the International Flying Saucer Bureau in 1952. He proposed a worldwide “Contact Day” during which all the members of his club simultaneously telepathically contacted “occupants of interplanetary craft”.

Toilet paper has a long history of being used for comedic political statements and even propaganda.

Storm Center was a controversial film released in 1956 that took a stand against McCarthyism and censorship. It was directed by screenwriter Daniel Taradash and was the only film he ever directed.

Professor Agnes Mathilde Wergeland was head of the University of Wyoming’s History department from 1902 through 1914. She was also the first Norwegian woman to receive a Ph.D. degree.

The International Gay Rodeo Association has organized rodeos since 1985. Events include all of those in a traditional rodeo as well as “camp” events like steer decorating and goat dressing.

Comedian Jack Benny was the king of variety shows, first on radio and then on television. His more than sixty-year long career was marked by running gags and his show featured a wide variety of guest appearances from the stars of the day.

Wyoming native William Shakespeare was a Northern Arapaho born on the Wind River Reservation in 1901. After a career in Hollywood, he devoted the later years of his life to documenting Arapahoe language and culture.

The artwork of Thomas Moran inspired Americans to take an interest in preserving the beauties of nature found in Yellowstone.

Army soldiers stationed at Fort Sanders, located near Laramie, provided protection to the Overland Stage Company and to the workers that constructed the Union Pacific railroad.

Labor unions and political leaders spoke out against McCarthyism in the 1950s.