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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Today In Wyoming's History: March 13

From our companion blog:

Today In Wyoming's History: March 13: 1918 The Ohio Oil Company commences drilling a well that would become the first Lance Creek area producing oil well.

I'm amazed that this is the first entry I've made featuring Lance Creek.

Lance Creek, Niobrara County, was the location of some major oil exploration for years and years. It started, apparently, during World War One. The town expanded massively during World War Two, but has fallen back into being a very small town today.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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