Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...
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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...
Murders, Vigilante Justice, and an odd pair of shoes. John and Jeremy begin the tale of one of Wyoming's most infamous outlaws, Big Nose George Parrot. In the first of a two-part series, our hosts explore how a botched train robbery in the summer of 1878 began a chain of increasingly violent and macabre events in Southern Wyoming. Part one of the tale explores the infamous Elk Mountain Murders and how the search for justice ended with the hanging of "road agent" Dutch Charley in Carbon, Wyomi...
Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...