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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacajawea, was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He spent much of the rest of his life traveling widely across the western U.S. and Europe. Some historians called him one of the best educated and most versatile men in the story of the America West.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency was formed after President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed its creation in a 1953 speech to the United Nations.
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“Mission 66”, the National Park Service’s program to expand infrastructure and facilities to accommodate millions of automobile travelers, launched in July of 1956.
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Van Dyke and Company was a short-lived television variety show starring beloved performer Dick Van Dyke. It won an Emmy in 1977, beating out Saturday Night Live in the category of Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Musical Series.
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American fear of an atomic attack mounted in the late 1940s. Civil defense organizations distributed pamphlets outlining steps to follow in order to survive an atomic bombing.
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George W. Hufsmith wrote an opera and a book telling the true tale behind the 1889 lynching of “Cattle Kate”.
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Hygeia, a health magazine published by the American Medical Association from 1923 to 1949, sought to inform everyday Americans about a wide variety of health-related topics.
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Methodist minister H.C. Waltz was trapped on a snowbound train from Laramie to Cheyenne for five days in 1872. He documented his experiences in an article for the Western Christian Advocate newspaper.
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The 1922 “W” Book published by the University of Wyoming’s YWCA and YMCA was a resource for freshmen students which provided information and advice.
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Shoshone Chief Tendoy led the Lemhi Shoshone from 1863 until his death in 1907. He was considered a friend by the white settlers of Lemhi Valley.