Publisher's Synopsis
"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Wyoming" is a creative history of Wyoming (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL -- Cowboys Get Cold 1806 -- John Colter "Discovers" Yellowstone 1834 - Fort Laramie Founded 1850 - Jim Bridger Discovers Bridger Pass 1866 -- Fetterman Massacre 1868 -- Fort Laramie Treaty 1869 - Suffrage for Women 1872 - Yellowstone Becomes First National Park 1879 -- First Dude Ranch 1880s and 1890s - Hole-in-the-Wall Gang 1885 - Rock Springs Massacre 1889 to 1893 - Johnson County War 1891 - First National Forest 1902 - "The Virginian" Novel 1921 and 1922 - Teapot Dome Scandal 1953 -- "Shane" 1963 -- "Spencer's Mountain" 1969 -- "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" 1988 - "Million Acre Fire" 1996 -- "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" 2012 -- "Longmire" 2017 -- "Wind River" Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.