Beginning of The End By 1940, coal mining in Sweetwater County was moving into its final decade of full operation,
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Risky Way to Make a Living Coal mining has always been dangerous work, according to Images of America: Rock Springs,
Rock Springs — If it was the Union Pacific Railroad that was primarily responsible for the creation of Wyoming, then
SWEETWATER COUNTY-- Throughout the 1920s and into the early 1930s the cat-and-mouse game continued, involving local, state and federal officials
SWEETWATER COUNTY-- Once federal prohibition enforcement agents got involved in Prohibition enforcement, they did so with a vengeance. A news
If There’s a Still, There’s a Way: Corruption Presents Struggles for Prohibition in Wyoming (Part 1)
SWEETWATER COUNTY-- January 17, 2020 will mark the centenary of one of the most unpopular laws ever passed in United
ROCK SPRINGS-- Next year, 2020, will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of The American Legion’s local Archie Hay
SWEETWATER COUNTY— Some of those famous paintings of trappers, traders, and Native Americans gathered at rendezvous time by 19th century
GRANGER—Mark Twain in Wyoming? Did such an event actually happen? Although Missouri, Nevada and California are more closely associated with
GREEN RIVER-- The Tomahawk Hotel was and is a place filled with memories for baby boomer-age adults in Green River
GREEN RIVER-- The Tomahawk Hotel in downtown Green River is currently undergoing restoration as office space and apartments, which will
The way that police do their jobs is based, ultimately, on the United States Constitution, Green River Police Chief Tom
Rock Springs Police Chief Dwane Pacheco is quite the Rock Springs Police Department veteran himself. “It’ll be 29 years in
SWEETWATER COUNTY-- Media scrutiny of law enforcement in the 21st century is greater than it ever has been, much greater
When the Rock Springs Coal Sign was first lighted in June 1929, the world on the doorstep of the Great
Alas and alack, coal mining in Rock Springs dwindled to a halt in the 1950s, as trains switched to diesel
People in Rock Springs back in 1929 thought their brand-spanking new Coal Sign was pretty impressive, judging from a July,
You might pass by it from time to time while visiting a Downtown business, or like us, daily on our
ROCK SPRINGS -- The route for the 2018 Holiday Lighted Parade downtown has been set and finalized following approval by
ROCK SPRINGS -- After more than 13 years in business, the 9 Iron Grill located at the White Mountain Golf