“Powder River, Let ‘er Buck” By Phil Roberts Professor of History, University of Wyoming Former UW football coach Joe Glenn (2003-08) often repeated the familiar mantra “Powder River, Let ‘er Buck,” as an expression indicating resolve—“we’re going to go out and do this task successfully, whatever the obstacles.” The derivation of the expression was … Continue reading “Powder River, Let ‘er Buck”
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» READ MORET.A. Larson, History of Wyoming (University of Nebraska Press, 1978) Mary Kay Mason, Book Project Director, Laramie, Gem City of the Plains (Curtis Media Corporation, 1987) Lola M. Homsher, The History of Albany County, Wyoming to 1880 (Lusk, Wyoming: Privately Published, 1965) Robert Hower Burns, Wyoming’s Pioneer Ranches (Laramie, Wyoming, Top-of-the-World-Press, 1955) Charlie Peterson and … Continue reading Ranching in Wyoming Resources
» READ MORET.A. Larson, History of Wyoming (University of Nebraska Press, 1978) Mary Kay Mason, Book Project Director, Laramie, Gem City of the Plains (Curtis Media Corporation, 1987) Elizabeth Alwood Lawrence, Rodeo: An anthropologist looks at the Wild and Tame (Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1982) Chapter 3 Candy Vyvey Moulton and Flossie Moulton, Steamboat: Legendary … Continue reading The Rodeo Resources
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» READ MOREMary Kay Mason, Book Project Director, Laramie, Gem City of the Plains (Curtis Media Corporation, 1987) Lola M. Homsher, The History of Albany County, Wyoming to 1880 (Lusk, Wyoming: Privately Published, 1965) Charlie Peterson and the Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie – Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007) Gladys B. Beery, The Front Streets … Continue reading Laramie Fire Resources
» READ MOREMary Kay Mason, Book Project Director, Laramie, Gem City of the Plains (Curtis Media Corporation, 1987) Lola M. Homsher, The History of Albany County, Wyoming to 1880 (Lusk, Wyoming: Privately Published, 1965) Charlie Peterson and the Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie – Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007) Gladys B. Beery, The Front Streets … Continue reading Laramie History Resources
» READ MOREStephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), Chapter 12 Charlie Peterson and the Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie: Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007) Mary Kay Mason, Book Project Director, Laramie, Gem City of the Plains (Curtis Media … Continue reading Wyoming Railroads Resources
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