Five Old Wyoming Territory Newspaper Clippings

VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS

Publication: Various Wyoming newspapers, 1924, 1931, 1933, N P

An interesting and informative grouping of newspaper clippings from Wyoming newspapers. Included are : 1)). Poem by Lilian Lucene Elgin titled "The Big Horn Mountains" published Sunday, Dec. 7, 1924 in the Casper Daily Tribune. 2). "Wyoming Day Significant With Relation To Women's Suffrage" published Dec. 7, 1924 in the Casper Sunday Tribune. 3). Proclamation of Wyoming Day published Dec. 8, 1924 in the Casper Herald. 4). Obituary of one of the first Pioneers : "Founder of Van Tassell Dies in California," published April 16, 1931 in Lusk Herald. 5). "Cheyenne Once Was Labeled Wickedest City In America" published Sept. 20, 1933 in the Cheyenne Tribune.

Two articles tell us of an observance on December 10 throughout the state of Wyoming holds a vivid reminder of the Territorial Legislative Act granting equal suffrage to women. R. S. Van Tassell, one of the oldest of Wyoming Pioneers succumbs to pneumonia in Pasadena, California. Additionally the Van Tassell ranch holdings were among the most extensive in Wyoming. The article on Cheyenne being the wickedest city was done by a writer who visited there in 1878 and promptly wrote to home town paper declaring this is a "Hell of a town." The articles provide us with an interesting look in the past. Very good condition.