History

A town that still relies on migrant labor grapples with the memory of anti-Chinese violence.

In an executive order earlier this year titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Trump directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to ensure monuments, memorials, statues and markers “do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

Tourists are expected to hit the road in the months ahead as Route 66 turns 100 years old.

Wyoming politicians show support while event largely avoids contemporary controversy.

'Strangers in the Land' traces 19th-century violence against Chinese immigrants in Wyoming to contemporary crackdowns.

Wyoming recently upped penalties for defacing petroglyphs and pictographs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is fast-tracking energy projects where rock art may be.

An exhibit at the American Heritage Center depicts the lives of eight women throughout Western history and how they embodied what it means to be a cowgirl.

The Casper Air Army base played an outsized role in the city during World War II, but did you know it also was a significant part of its Black history? A recently unearthed newspaper column chronicled the Black GIs stationed there, and its discovery shocked the son of its author, who had no idea of his father’s history there.

A new exhibition on display at the Jackson Hole History Museum shines the spotlight on female photographers and painters in the American West at a time of great change. Their work offers an intimate look into the lives of creative women on ranches in Wyoming and Montana and offers a different artistic take on that moment in history.

Denver Parks and Recreation says the more than 100-year-old log building needs work. The agency says the closure presents an opportunity to revisit how Cody’s story is told.