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The Big Horn Basin's roaring 20s: Progress not jazz

They came for Yellowstone Park and discovered Wyoming

By John Bernhisel

As the 1920s began, the Big Horn Basin was still a relatively isolated place. World War I had just ended, and the Spanish Influenza still lingered in memory. The region depended almost entirely on farming, ranching, and mining. Most families traveled to church and school by wagon....

 
 

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