What Happened To Bitter Creek Betty and Sheridan County Jane Doe?
An FBI Cold Case unit would find that DNA from the suspect in both cases was an identical match and that both women were murdered by the same man.
The Story of Polly Bartlet: Wyoming’s first serial killer
Polly saw the boom as an opportunity, seeing the transient miners as vulnerable and thus, easy to exploit. Bartlett started an inn in South Pass, Wyoming’s most famous ghost town today, and when men would check in, often they wouldn’t check out.
The Great Buffalo Bill Body Heist
Legend says a band of “Wyoming Faithful sneaked into the funeral home and spirited the real Cody back to his home in the Cowboy State.”
Owen Wister & The Virginian
I didn’t sleep much, but that might have been more because it was November and the heat didn’t reach all the way to the third floor than any spirits– either from the saloon downstairs or elsewhere.
The Time Garfield Made Me Think Wyoming was Fake
So what does one do with the knowledge that their state doesn’t exist? Well, first you cry. Then you pick yourself up and go find mom— mom knows everything, so she’ll make it make sense to you, don’t worry.
What’s the Deal with the Horse?
Is it because everyone really loves the sports teams out of UW? Well, that’s part of it, but not the whole cigar.
Absaroka: The Almost 49th State
There are a lot of other reasons why the New Deal was the final straw on the back of Absaroka’s succession, but this was the main crux of the issue.
Douglas & The First Jackalope
It was 1933 when two brothers in Douglas would make history. From their humble taxidermied shop, the first taxidermied specimen; a jackrabbit and deer’s antlers all rolled into one.
Notorious NTR: Nellie Tayloe Ross, The First Woman Governor
Nellie took office just a few months after her husband’s death in 1924. She had refused to campaign, as she was in mourning, but won the election easily.
