Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Cheyenne, Buffalo: farmers, barber, surgeon)

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

You got it. Good job. For a bit, I thought I might have to ask another one.

Your turn.

I think its fine to give a question a day or two before giving a new hint or replacing the question. This thread is not as active and some days pass when I don't have a chance to check on it. But I still find it interesting and educational.

OK back to the question at hand: Where is the town named "Never Sweat" and how did it get its name why was its name changed?

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

I think its fine to give a question a day or two before giving a new hint or replacing the question. This thread is not as active and some days pass when I don't have a chance to check on it. But I still find it interesting and educational.

OK back to the question at hand: Where is the town named "Never Sweat" and how did it get its name why was its name changed?

I guess there is not much interest in this one, as it is easy to find with a google search. So I will post the answer and ask something new.

Dubois, Wyoming was originally known as Never Sweat due to its warm and dry winds. However, the postal service found the name Never Sweat unacceptable so Dubois was accepted, named after Fred Dubois, an Idaho senator at the time.[4] In protest, the citizens of Dubois rejected the French pronunciation, instead opting for Du, with u as in "Sue"; bois, with oi as in "voice". The accent is on the first syllable. Dubois, Wyoming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[CptnRn]

New question (fill in the blank): A recent discovery indicates that 49.5 million years ago giant ____ roamed wyoming, they were the size of a hummingbird.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

New question (fill in the blank): A recent discovery indicates that 49.5 million years ago giant __Ant Queen__ roamed wyoming, they were the size of a hummingbird.

I put it in there in red and this software said my answer wasn't long enough so it wouldn't post. hahaha

http://wikileaksnews.net/a-gian-foss...n-wyoming.html

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I put it in there in red and this software said my answer wasn't long enough so it wouldn't post. hahaha

A Gian fossil ant queen found in Wyoming | Wikileaks Online News

That is correct! Your turn. I tried to Rep you but City-Data wouldn't let me do it again.

Giant ants once roamed Wyoming
Giant Ants Once Roamed Wyoming - Science News
an ant the size of a hummingbird.
A winged ant queen fossilized in 49.5-million-year-old Wyoming rock ranks as the first body of a giant ant from the Western Hemisphere, says paleoentomologist Bruce Archibald of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada.
Fossile Image: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/down...me/SERIOUS_ANT

[ElkHunter]

Casper is known as an oil town today, but its first business had to do with water.

What was it?

[CptnRn]

Getting their wagons safely across the North Platte River was probably an important attraction to the early settlers passing through the area.

The city was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, which was built during the mid-19th century mass migration of land seekers along the Oregon, California and Mormon trails. .[4] The area was the location of several ferries that offered passage across the North Platte River in the early 1840s. In 1859, Louis Guinard built a bridge and trading post near the original ferry locations.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

Getting their wagons safely across the North Platte River was probably an important attraction to the early settlers passing through the area.

You got it close enough.

"Casper is known as an oil town today, but its first business had to do with water. Brigham Young and some of his Latter-Day Saint settlers established a ferry across the North Platte River in 1847, charging non-church members $1.50 per wagon to cross. Competition surfaced, and by 1849, several different ferries were available. But wagons still had to wait up to one week to cross the river."

You're up!

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

You got it close enough.

"Casper is known as an oil town today, but its first business had to do with water. Brigham Young and some of his Latter-Day Saint settlers established a ferry across the North Platte River in 1847, charging non-church members $1.50 per wagon to cross. Competition surfaced, and by 1849, several different ferries were available. But wagons still had to wait up to one week to cross the river."

You're up!

Wow! Some had to wait up to a week before they could cross. Must have been the first traffic jam in Wyoming!

NEXT QUESTION: In 1892 President Benjamin Harrison ordered the Sixth Cavalry to take military action against "The Invaders" in Wyoming. Who were "The Invaders".

[jody_wy]

some Texas gun men hired by cattlemen to take on the neo-socialist in Johnson Co.