"Independence Day really defines Wyoming," Barrasso said. "People here are independent, resilient, self-reliant. There's no place like this for the 4th of July."
This week marks the 110th anniversary of the completion of the Buffalo Bill Dam. Originally called the Shoshone Dam, it was considered a modern engineering marvel.
Four years after "Major Mike" was killed, a statue honoring the Belgian Malinois who sniffed out explosives during the Iraq War was officially unveiled at Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park in Cody.