Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty
Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin Everett Wednesday, July 15, 2020 On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettWednesday, July 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettJuly 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so because the...
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Milward Simpson and the Death Penalty Robin EverettJuly 15, 2020On March 27, 1957, when Gov. Milward L. Simpson commuted the death sentence of Herschel Clay “Tricky” Riggle, he did so because the...
View ArticleIndian Agent Thomas Twiss, Man of Two Worlds
Published: July 5, 2022Thomas S. Twiss had the kind of resume and political connections that made him ideal for appointment to a government position. Born in New York in 1802, he would be past 50 years...
View ArticleSpreading the Gospel: Lutheran Missionaries at Deer Creek, 1859-1864
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View ArticleThe Wyoming State Flag and the Women Who Made It Fly
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View Article'Mrs. Barriers' and the Crusade to Make Wyoming Buildings Accessible
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View ArticleThe Miss Indian America Pageant in Sheridan, Wyoming
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View ArticleBlack Kettle, Black Elk and the Wyoming State Fair
Published: May 5, 2021In October 1903, six Oglala Lakota Sioux and two white men died in an armed confrontation between a sheriff’s posse and a small band of tribal people on Lightning Creek, about 50...
View ArticlePro-war yet pro-dissent: U.S. Senator Gale McGee of Wyoming
Published: March 25, 2021In those days, Democrats gathered each election eve at a school gymnasium in a small town midway between Riverton and Lander, Wyo. Every statewide candidate felt obligated to...
View ArticleThe Flight of the Utes
Published: February 23, 2021The talking lasted 12 hours. Several times during the day, the Ute negotiators returned to their camp; the soldiers could do little but wait. Each time negotiations resumed,...
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