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When you’re in Freewill, Wyoming, after a good lunch at Wyoming Eats,
step across the street to Nina Foster Massie’s Books and More and bone up on
the history of Wyoming and get some interesting facts.
Wyoming became the
44th state to join the union in 1890. Wyoming was the first U.S. state to allow
women to vote--an achievement that represented one of the early
victories of the American women’s suffrage movement. Today, although
it is the 10th largest state by area, Wyoming has the smallest population of
all the states, with just over 550,000 residents. The state is home to
most of Yellowstone National Park, one of the most popular national parks in
the country. Millions of tourists visit Wyoming every year to
see the geyser Old Faithful and the Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest
hot spring in the country, as well as a variety of wildlife including moose,
elk, bighorn sheep, wolves, coyotes, eagles, black bears and grizzly bears.
The first historians
to describe future Wyoming were Washington Irving and Francis Parkman. Irving
took the journals of Captain Booneville and wrote a masterpiece; Parkman wrote
about his trip over the Oregon trail in 1846. Irving was a literary giant and
Parkman a historian with a novelists flare for writing well and weaving a
masterful story in the process. They were both the beginnings of what would be
a long line of historians.
On the crest of
Medicine Mountain, 40 miles east of Lovell, Wyoming, is located the Medicine
Wheel which has 28 spokes and a circumference of 245 feet. This was an ancient
shrine built of stone by the hands of some forgotten tribe. A Crow chief has
been reputed as saying, "It was built before the light came by people who had
no iron." This prehistoric relic still remains one of Wyoming's unsolved
puzzles.
Southwest of Lusk,
covering an area of 400 square miles, are the remains of prehistoric stone
quarries known as the "Spanish Diggings." Here is mute evidence of
strenuous labor performed by many prehistoric groups at different times.
Quartzite, jasper and agate were mined. Artifacts of this Wyoming material have
been found as far away as the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.
The historic
Indians in Wyoming were nomadic tribes known as the Plains Indians and were
made up of many different tribes. Among them the Abenaki Indians, whose dream
legends formed part of the plot in my book, Soul
Dreams. Of all of these tribes, the Cheyenne and Sioux were the last of the
Indians to be controlled and placed on reservations.
The Plains Indians
were the hunters, warriors and religious leaders of their tribes, therefore,
their crafts were related to these occupations. Both men and women were artists
and craftsmen traditionally, each producing articles for everyday use as well
as for ceremonial purposes. Usually, quilling and beading were done by women
and carving was done by the men.
Wyoming also has a
long history of ranching and cowboys. Today you’ll find ranches all the in size
from the Medicine Bend ranch which is 950 acres to the Red Reflet Ranch at
27000 acres. Hike through the Laramie Mountains and read about the ghost
stories.
Nine also has her
book store on line but you need the secret password. Perhaps you can find it in
one of the Freewill, Wyoming books in the Western Escapes series. Put up your
feet and pull up a cowboy. You’ll love it.
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About Desiree
Referred to by
USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, Desiree Holt is the world’s
oldest living published erotic romance author. A graduate of the University of
Michigan with double majors in English and HIstory, her earlier careers include
agent and manager in the music industry, public television, associate vice president
of university advancement, public relations, and economic development.
She is three
times a finalist for an EPIC E-Book Award (and a winner in 2014), a nominee for
a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, winner of the first 5 Heart Sweetheart
of the Year Award at The Romance Studio as well as twice a CAPA Award winner
for best BDSM book of the year, and winner of the Holt Medallion for Excellence
in Romance Literature.
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Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times, The Huffington Post and numerous other
national and international publications. She is also the Authors After Dark
2014 Author of the Year.
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6 comments:
I spend so much time writing about Texas where I live that it was interesting and exciting to learn about another Western state. Now I want to visit there. Anyone out there fromWyoming?
Wow Wyoming sounds like such a beautiful place.
I have been lucky to do the traveling I did as a child Wyoming is beautiful.
Thanks for the comments, ladies. yes, Wyoming really called to me. I am so jealous that you got to travel there.
Great post and the plot to Soul Dreams sounds cool. I love stories that revolve around legends.
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