History

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.

Jan. 5 marks the anniversary of Wyoming Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross’s inauguration.

Donovin Sprague is a member of the Minnicoujou Lakota tribe and an instructor at Sheridan College. He said the transcontinental railroad took a big toll on bison habitat.

A new book explores the history of five Western states that ratified their constitutions in 1889.