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The Wyoming Territorial Prison is a former federal government prison near Laramie, Wyoming. [1] Built in 1872, it is one of the oldest buildings in Wyoming. It operated as a federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890, and as a state prison from 1890 to 1901.
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]
Wyoming Frontier Prison: Rawlins: Carbon: Southeast: Prison: Tours of the 1901 former prison, history of the prison and current Wyoming State Penitentiary, Wyoming Peace Officer's Museum Wyoming Governor's Mansion: Cheyenne: Laramie: Southeast: Historic house: Wyoming National Guard Museum: Cheyenne: Laramie: Southeast: Military: website ...
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Dec. 2—One corner in the Wyoming State Museum is now dedicated to a critical topic. The latest exhibit added to the flagship state history museum is, unfortunately, hardly history at all. It's ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: Douglas: 1.4 0.57: Collections of materials related to the westward expansion Wyoming Territorial Prison: Laramie: 197.4 79.9: Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901