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The most consequential vote in Wyoming history?

How a 1921 bond election changed the Big Horn Basin forever

by John Bernhisel

May 10, 1921 may be one of the most important dates in Wyoming history. On that day, voters approved a statewide road bond that would bring tens of millions of dollars to build a modern highway system. Every county in the state passed the measure by a margin of more than three to o...

 
 

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