Wyoming Legends

WYO's Weirdest Funeral
WYO's Weirdest Funeral
WYO's Weirdest Funeral
By all accounts, John Winchester wasn't very popular. Luckily for him, the few people he did know had a good reason to attend his funeral...or so they thought. In the early 1960s, Winchester purchased the property surrounding Sister's Hill, several miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming, in the Bighorn National Forest...
WYO's Most Famous Madam
WYO's Most Famous Madam
WYO's Most Famous Madam
For over 60 years, Dell Burke was an institution in the town of Lusk, Wyoming. From 1920 to 1978, Burke owned and operated the most famous brothel in the Cowboy State, The Yellow Hotel. Burke arrived in the bustling mining boom town in 1919 after authorities in Casper had shut down her business in the notorious Sandbar District...
Legendary WYO Gold Mine
Legendary WYO Gold Mine
Legendary WYO Gold Mine
For nearly two centuries, treasure hunters here in the Cowboy State have been searching for the Lost Cabin Mine. Legend has it, in the summer of 1834, a group of Swedish miners were working in the Bighorn Mountains when they struck gold...
WYO's Greatest Poker Game
WYO's Greatest Poker Game
WYO's Greatest Poker Game
Of all the card games ever played in Wyoming, and there have been many, the stakes were never higher than a legendary poker game at a Douglas saloon in 1906. George Pike came to Wyoming in the late 1880s after following a cattle drive north from Texas...
Wyoming Legends
Wyoming Legends
Wyoming Legends
Milward L. Simpson is one of the most legendary figures in Wyoming history. In addition to serving as a United States Senator and Governor, Simpson is the only man to ever be named captain of the University of Wyoming football, baseball and basketball teams...
WYO Urban Legends
WYO Urban Legends
WYO Urban Legends
What is an urban legend? Webster defines it as a story about an actual event or occurrence, that people believe to be true, but isn't. And trust me, Wyoming has them.
Edison in Wyoming
Edison in Wyoming
Edison in Wyoming
Wyoming has its fare share of urban legends, ranging from ghost towns to ghost sightings. None of them is more historically significant than a tall tale suggesting that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb right here in the Cowboy State...
Wyoming Legends
Wyoming Legends
Wyoming Legends
The Johnson County War is one of the most infamous feuds in American history. Sadly, the legendary Wyoming Range War may have never happened if not for a woman called "Cattle Kate." Over a century later, her story remains one of the most tragic tales in Wyoming history...

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