For sixty years, Carol Pascal’s family spoke of the 1930s only in whispers. When she finally asked why, she uncovered a story of pressure, fear, and quiet defiance that shaped three generations of Hispanic life in Cheyenne.

Wyoming became the 44th state on July 10, 1890, after a House vote so close that woman suffrage, written into the new state's constitution, nearly cost it admission to the Union.

More than 10,000 Japanese Americans lived behind barbed wire at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County during World War II. A new exhibit at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, “We the People: Exploring American Identity,” tells their story through artifacts that reveal how incarcerees built full lives despite unjust confinement. As America marks its 250th anniversary, their experience offers a powerful lens for examining what it truly means to be American.

Modern military women, trained by one of the most sophisticated armed forces in the world, marching in 19th-century caps and ankle-length skirts with wooden rifles in white-gloved hands. That was the Wyoming Girl Guard, organized in the late 1980s for the 1990 statehood centennial and still active more than 30 years later. In this sidebar from Cowboy Soldiers: The History of the Wyoming National Guard, Volume 1, 1870-1945, Rosalind Routt Schliske remembers the contrasts, the parades, and the day she stood near the Esther Hobart Morris statue with a front-row view of history.

Dave Kathka devoted decades to Wyoming’s historical and cultural life as a college educator, State Historian, and the man who brought Wyoming History Day to thousands of students across the state. Historian Rick Ewig, who followed in his footsteps as History Day coordinator, remembers a tireless advocate for Wyoming history and the humanities.

Liz Byrd is a well-known figure in Wyoming history. Her husband Jim was a trailblazer too.

Saratoga’s Hobo Hot Springs have drawn visitors for centuries, first Native American tribes seeking the waters’ healing powers, then soldiers from Fort Steele, then hobos riding the rails during the Great Depression. Open and free to the public forever, the pools along the North Platte River are a living piece of Wyoming history.

Thyra Thomson served as Wyoming's Secretary of State for 24 years—longer than anyone in state history. Those who knew her remembered a warm, gracious woman. Those who tried to take advantage of her remembered something else entirely.