Imagine a baseball game where the players entered the field in shackles. This field of dreams was surrounded by armed guards aiming their rifles at the players.
December 10, 1869, legislators in the new Wyoming Territory approved a bill granting women the right to vote and hold public office. The landmark law was the first of its kind.
The Cowboy State is notorious for closely contested campaigns, including one election nearly 25 years ago that was decided by a ping-pong ball after ending in a tie.