History

Frontier Days is just around the corner and, once again this year, hundreds of foreign flags are on display all over downtown Cheyenne. The horizontal red, white and blue bars have represented the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1527...

If you're convinced that Bigfoot is real, you're not alone, especially here in Wyoming. According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, there have 28 reported sightings in the Cowboy State, dating back over a century. The first sighting occured way back in 1890, when several witnesses were confronted by a "creature" in Sweetwater County...

80 years ago this week, on June 28, 1937, Fritz Wiessner became the first person to "free climb" Devils Tower. Although the German-born mountain climber was the first to scale the monument using modern techniques, many men had completed the ascent with the aid of a wooden ladder built decades earlier by two local ranchers...

Before his baking company made him a household name, Duncan Hines was America's original food critic. Hines, who drove across the country as a traveling salesman, published his first series of restaurant reviews in 1935. In those days, before the Interstate highways were built, there weren't many national or regional chains...

For 117 years, The Old Buckhorn Bar and Parlor in Laramie has been one of the Cowboy State's biggest, and most notorious, taverns.  Meanwhile, Joe's Drive-In Liquor and Bar has advertised itself as the "smallest bar" in Rock Springs since 1961...

T.A. Kent went from selling whiskey out of a tent to become one of the most prominent bankers and cattle barons in the West.

On the eve of the 2017 Draft, here's a look back at the University of Wyoming's NBA Draft history. Since its inception 70 years ago, 29 former Pokes have been selected in the Draft. The first draft in professional basketball history occurred in 1947, when two former Wyoming players, Ron Livingstone and Bill Strannigan, were chosen in the 5th round of the inaugural Basketball Association of America

Erich Ouellette was a competitor on the History Channel’s weekly reality show, “Forged In Fire” in 2016. Going for the $10,000 prize, he was eliminated, BUT!!!

The 2017 World Series of Poker is underway in Las Vegas. To celebrate, here's a look back at the luckiest gambler in Wyoming history. Of all the card games ever played in the Cowboy State, and there have been many, the stakes were never higher than a legendary poker game at a Douglas saloon in 1906...

240 years ago, on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress issued a resolution officially declaring the stars and stripes design as the official flag of the United States. As we celebrate Flag Day, here's a salute to another majestic red, white and blue symbol that we take pride in, the Wyoming state flag...