Today In Wyoming's History: November 7: 1972 President Richard M. Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.
President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won reelection to the Oval Office, defeating George McGovern.
I recall this election occurring, which means that this is probably the first Presidential election I directly remember.
In that same year, locally:
1972 A Sublette County straw poll shows 970 people opposed to, 279 in favor of and 105 undecided on the "Wagon Wheel Project" which would extract natural gas in the area with five underground nuclear explosions. Yikes! Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
