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It operated as a federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890, and as a state prison from 1890 to 1901. It was then transferred to the University of Wyoming and was used as an agricultural experiment station until 1989. In 1991, the facility was opened to the public, and in 2004, it was designated as Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site.
The 1901 building is now a museum called the Wyoming Frontier Prison. [4] Visitors can go on guided tours through the old prison. There are exhibits about the old and current prisons and the Wyoming Peace Officers' Museum. In the summer of 1911, the Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars baseball team played, made up of 12 inmates. [5]
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Wyoming entered the Union in 1890. As a territory, inmates were held at the Wyoming Territorial Prison at Laramie. Work began for a state prison at Rawlins in 1888, but the facility did not open until 1901. The building had 104 cells and housed both male and female inmates. In 1909, female inmates were transported to Colorado to serve their ...
In the early 1990s, Detroit was in a state of constant fear as young women kept disappearing. Benjamin Atkins, the " Woodward Corridor Killer, " terrorized the city. Atkins' murder spree began in ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming. A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890: Executed person
Pages in category "Prisoners and detainees of Wyoming" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Diazien Hossencofft
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...