Wyoming, a Pictorial History
Wyoming, a Pictorial History

Author: Mark Junge

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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A piece of western history in pictures, this comprehensive and beautiful Wyoming history book is a must for cowboy enthusiasts, historians or Wyoming residents.

Wyoming: A Bicentennial History
Wyoming: A Bicentennial History

Author: Taft Alfred Larson

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1977-08-17

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0393243850

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For centuries Wyoming was a land no one wanted--high, dry, and remote--more often a thoroughfare on the way to some place else than a final destination. Many of the sweeping developments that overtook the rest of the nation simply passed it by, leaving Wyoming to sit in lonely grandeur behind its granite walls and silent snows. The problem, explains T.A. Larson in this history, was people--and how to get them there. The settlers who came to Wyoming stayed to build a special way of life. It is with them that important choices now rest. "The country where the wind blew in primeval purity will now breathe new odors," says author Larson, unless short-term profits can be balanced by long-term gains. If the right decisions are made, he concludes, it should be possible for Wyoming to "emerge from its primitive isolation in such a way that its greatest values are preserved and its old way of life left for those who choose to follow it."

University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming

Author: Rick Ewig

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738595993

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The University of Wyoming was founded in 1886, four years prior to statehood. Provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, also known as the Land Grant College Act, allowed for the teaching of agriculture, mechanic arts, and military tactics but also included literary and scientific studies. With statehood in 1890, the constitution confirmed the establishment of the university, that all students, regardless of gender or race, could attend, and that the cost of instruction "may be as nearly free as possible." From a humble beginning in athletics, UW has excelled in football, basketball, and rodeo and has produced such notable figures as Kenny Sailors and Curt Gowdy. Statewide outreach has always been a focus, resulting in a research center in Grand Teton National Park and agricultural farms in many communities. Wyoming's economy relies heavily on the energy industry, and today, the university is a leader in energy-related education and research. Many of the photographs in Campus History Series: University of Wyoming were taken by long-serving university faculty, providing an interesting glimpse of UW's 125-year history.