Today In Wyoming's History: Blog Mirror: Park County Archives Online Maps

Today In Wyoming's History: Blog Mirror: Park County Archives Online Maps: New electronic archive: Park County Archives Online Maps

Blog Mirror: Park County Archives Online Maps

New electronic archive:

Park County Archives Online Maps

The Wyoming Board of Geographic Names turns down a bad idea.

In a vote for art integrity, the Wyoming Board of Geographic Names refused Gregory Constatine's petition to name a bluff near Cody "Mount Jackson Pollack".

Pollack, as no doubt will be recalled, was the troubled artist who was born in Cody but who moved away with his family while an infant.  His "artwork", which might be better defined as complete crap, has no association with the state and, as noted, is complete crap.  It was boosted to some degree because of goofball Central Intelligence Agency sponsorship, unknown to Pollack at the time, based on the loony theory that if art that was complete crap was known to circulate in the United States Soviet citizens would somehow learn that and be impressed with freedom in the US.

The thesis was stupid, and Pollack's "artwork" is complete crap.

Constantine's artwork, which isn't much better than Pollack, features the bluff.  He earlier proposed naming it after himself.

Sunday Morning Scene: Churches of the West: Wapiti Valley Church, Wapiti Wyoming.

Churches of the West: Wapiti Valley Church, Wapiti Wyoming.: 

Wapiti Valley Church, Wapiti Wyoming.

This large log church is a protestant church in Wapiti Wyoming.  The establishment of the church dates to 1988, but the structure to 1992.

Today In Wyoming's History: November 10, 1945. The Closure of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp.

Today In Wyoming's History: November 10: 1945  Heart Mountain interment center closed.

See also:  

Today in World War II History—November 10, 1940 & 1945

Today In Wyoming's History: Halfway House Stage Stop, Park County, Wyoming

Today In Wyoming's History: Halfway House Stage Stop, Park County, Wyoming

Thursday, April 1, 1909. Leaving Cuba.

American troops left Cuba where they had been since 1906, due to the Second Intervention in Cuba which saw the US intervene, which it had a treaty right to do, over an attempt to overthrow an elected government.

A law banning the importation of opium into the US went into effect.

In the United Kingdom, the Children Act 1908 went into effect, establishing juvenile courts, registration of foster parents, prohibiting children, under the age of 16 from working in dangerous trades, purchasing cigarettes, entering brothels, or the bars of trading pubs, and prohibiting the consumption of alcohol, for non-medicinal purposes, before the age of five.

The US polar expedition saw Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, Ootah, Ooqueah, Egingwah, and Seegloo, set off from a point 153 miles from the North Pole as their last supply team turned back.

As noted earlier, I frankly miss the point of these polar expeditions, and I think Peary was a louse.

The local agricultural newspaper, the Stockgrower and Farmer, was out.  I'm only putting up the first two pages, but it was a very well done ag newspaper.

Note that tourism was already being boosted.

I think I likely missed it, but this noted the February 15, 1909, formation of Park County, Wyoming.  It would take until 1911 to organize the county.  The county's formation and that it was noted in the journal may explain the number of Cody lawyers advertising in it.

Last prior edition:

Wednesday, March 31, 1909. Common Cup.

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Today In Wyoming's History: February 15, 1909

Today In Wyoming's History: February 15: 1909  Park County formed.