From the monthly archives:

September 2008

September 29, 2008

R.I.P.: Casper Star-Tribune Free Obituaries

Selected Star-Tribune Obituaries, Click Here
A Piece of Modern-Day Wyoming History
The World After Newspaper Obits, a companion piece.
“He loved to play the harmonica, listen to the police scanner, and draw cabins with scenery.”  ¬From the June 8, 2008 Casper Star-Tribune obituary of Roy Eugene McMillen, 67.
“It just feels like we’re stealing pennies from dead men’s eyes.”
Former [...]

Read the full article →
September 22, 2008

Wyomings Farmers’ Markets. But Don’t Try To Sell Bread.

Sheridan: The leaves are turning. If you’re in Sheridan and it’s Thursday, it’s time to hie yourself to the Farmer’s Market.
But Sheridan, luckily, is not alone in offering fresh produce. Wyoming has 27 farmer’s markets. They’re still small potatoes, so to speak, but they’re starting to make a place for themselves among Wyoming’s food options.
Moreover, [...]

Read the full article →
September 15, 2008

Teapot Dome Redux

Dubois — How is a more than a century old oil scandal relevant today? Let us count the ways.
In March, 1921, Warren G. Harding, was sworn in as our twenty-ninth President. A former U.S. Senator from Ohio and a former small town newspaper publisher, Harding was little known outside his home state. Still, he had [...]

Read the full article →
September 15, 2008

Teapot Dome Scandal Excerpt: Marines Invade Wyoming

Book Excerpt: Marines Invade Wyoming
From the Halls of Motazuma to the Oil Fields of Teapot Dome
In April, 1922 Albert Bacon Fall, President Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, secretly leased the rich Teapot Oil field north Casper to a newly formed company, Mammoth Oil. In exchange the grateful head of Mammoth Harry F. Sinclair had rewarded [...]

Read the full article →
September 8, 2008

Lame Duck Rules Undercut Endangered Species Act

Laramie — On May 9, 2008, White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten issued a memo exhorting all executive branch agencies to “resist the historical tendency of administrations to accelerate regulatory activity in their final months.” Agencies, he wrote, should “avoid issuing regulations that are unnecessary. Except in extraordinary circumstances, regulations to be finalized in [...]

Read the full article →
Copyright © 2010 WyoFile