“I am very tired of the kind of life I lead, but it is my bread. I’ve not had much butter.” 1182: Estelle Reel The First Woman Elected to Statewide Office in Wyoming Born: 1862, Illinois, United States of America Died: 2 August 1959, Possibly Washington State, United States of America* Estelle was elected to…
1167: Nellie Tayloe Ross The First Female Governor to be Inaugurated in the United States Born: 29 November 1876, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States of America Died: 19 December 1977, Washington DC, United States of America Nellie was the fourteenth governor of Wyoming (and obviously the first woman to serve in such a capacity). She…
Over the past two days, my mother and I have visited three more cemeteries: Provo City (Provo, Utah), American Fork (American Fork, Utah), and Sacajawea (Fort Washakie, Wyoming–Located on the Wind River Reservation). I wanted to visit each cemetery for a specific purpose; someone from my lists are buried in each one. Provo City was…