Wyoming History

As Wyoming residents bundle up and brace for frigid temperatures, here's a look back at five of the worst winter storms in the state's history.

Charles Starkweather was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. Thanks to a friendly stranger on a desolate highway in Wyoming, his reign of terror finally ended just outside of Douglas on January 29, 1958.

On Jan. 20, 1913, a heated debate in the Wyoming House of Representatives turned into a brawl on the floor of the Wyoming State Capitol.

In 1868, Polly Bartlett poisoned 22 men at her family's boarding house in South Pass City, Wyoming.

With the help of a new interactive map, you can now see what the Cowboy State looked like through the ages, dating back to the Cryogenian Period 750 million years ago.

Here in Wyoming, Christmas has been officially observed since the territory was first granted statehood in 1890. But a lot has changed since then.

December 25, 1866, soldiers at Fort Laramie gathered for the Christmas party. By night's end, it would be the saddest holiday celebration in Wyoming history.

The Battle Pass Byway is one of the most scenic drives in the Cowboy State. The 11-mile stretch of WY-70 from Encampment to Slaughterhouse Gulch may also be the most haunted road in Wyoming.