Wyoming News: Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office announces public comment period for 10-year Statewide Historic Preservation Plan. “The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is inviting the public to help shape the future of our state’s cultural heritage. Through May 28, Wyoming residents, stakeholders and preservation partners are encouraged to review and comment on the […]

Yesterday I learned about Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood.

Who was Charles Gatewood you ask? An honorable man who talked Geronimo and other Apaches into crossing back into the U.S. and surrendering to the army.

General Miles and the army then reneged on every single promise they made to Geronimo and betrayed the Apaches who scouted for them. Gatewood, for dealing in good faith, was banished by Miles to a small fort in northern Wyoming and obscurity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Gatewood

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I think I'd have gone with the Spanish leather option, myself. 😱

"...Osborne then skinned Parrott's body and had a pair of shoes and medical bag made out of the human skin. The bag has never been found. Years later Osborne entered politics and was elected governor of Wyoming. To his 1893 inauguration he wore the shoes that a dozen years earlier had been a man."

Osborne was a medical doctor no less.

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Source: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/big-nose-george-wyoming-governor-shoes-human-skin.htm

Wyoming Public Radio: ‘We have to have our voices heard’: A Casper group is building a queer history archive. “Locals brought photos, letters, journals and artwork from queer Casperites of the distant past and the present. Then, Amber and Mallory Pollock, the executive director of Casper Pride, catalogued and uploaded digital copies of the memorabilia to the nascent website. The idea was […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/15/we-have-to-have-our-voices-heard-a-casper-group-is-building-a-queer-history-archive-wyoming-public-radio/