The Best Posts of the Week of February 5, 2017

The best posts of the past week:

Some Gave All: Home Front In World War One. Poster display at Fort Caspar, Wyoming. Home Front In World War One. Poster display at Fort Caspar, Casper, Wyoming

Looking at the nature of Wyoming's economy again

The Casper Star Tribune has started a series looking at the Wyoming Economy.
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And so it ended. The Punitive Expedition.

Two days ago we reported on the last US soldier leaving Mexico:

The Punitivie Expedition: U.S. complete its withdrawal from Mexico. February 5, 1917.

The smile on the soldier to the left's face was likely quite genuine.  The 6th and the 16th Infantry crossing back into the United States.

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Women and Trousers. No big historical deal, or the triumph of the harpies in trousers?

 

 This overalls wearing lass, whom is portrayed an industrial giant (take that, Rosie the Riveter) is wearing overalls, albeit one of the baggiest pairs of overalls ever.  She's also wearing a canvass cap to cover her hair, with hair styles being voluminous at the time.  She doesn't look very happy, we might note.

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The Punitivie Expedition: U.S. complete its withdrawal from Mexico. February 5, 1917.

The smile on the soldier to the left's face was likely quite genuine.  The 6th and the 16th Infantry crossing back into the United States.