A tar-paper covered homestead shack, on display at the Rock Pile Museum in Gillette, Wyoming.
The Homestead Act of 1862, was a way to distribute American’s public domain and turned over vast amounts to private citizens.
The homestead act underwent several changes over the years. It was soon di
In November of 1862, the Burlington and Missouri Railroad, which had originally planned to go through Buffalo, changed its route due to the Johnson County Range War and turned west near Ulm and came instead to Sheridan. Buffalo, at the time of the 1890 census, had a higher population than did Sherid
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Lorraine Vannoy and her Grandson, Philip Lovato walk on one of the massive drifts
While Wyoming is no stranger to savage winter snow storms, the April, 1984 Blizzard stands out in most resident’s minds as one of the worst. Following a difficult winter, where the thermometer hovered around -20 for days on end, residents hoped the end was in sight as winter moved towards spring. Yet, nature wasn’t finished. The snow and wind started on the night of April 24.
Wallace Vannoy, area rancher who, with Bernard Betz ran the U-Milliron Cattle Company near Clearmont, wrote in his journal, “April 25 – Snowed all night and still snowing now at 1:20, some wind. Linda came back from Sheridan, had to have a tow up Jim Creek Hill. No other trouble.