926 - A totally unique Wyoming July 4 experience
By Bill Sniffin
While watching televised images of the nighttime bombing of Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I turned to someone and said: “I’ve seen that before.”
It looked just like a typical night of July 4 in my hometown of Lander, Wyoming.
The Independence Day holiday has always been a big deal for Lander since it is the home of the oldest paid rodeo on earth – predating Cheyenne’s by one year.
But in recent years, this holiday has become a pyrotechnic maniac’s dream.
In this town of barely 7,000 people, you can find at least forty different locations where neighbors have banded ...
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WBR11 - New construction, empty storefronts offer enigma
By Bill Sniffin
My little town of Lander has been booming for a few years and even now during these perilous economic times, to a person visiting, things still look very prosperous. But looks can be deceiving.
Home prices are still relatively high and there is no glut on the market. Not yet, anyway. And the streets are busy. There is a constant hubbub around town. Tourism numbers seem to be on track for a good season. Not a record like last year, but healthy.
And similar things are happening in other Wyoming small towns like Douglas, Powell, Worland, Buffalo and Afton. Or to their slightly larger cousins Cody, Green River, Evanston and Riverton.
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