Wyoming Trivia (Renamed)

[Claim Jumper]

Chief Joseph Chief Joseph is buried on the Colville Reservation in Washington
or Nespelem, Washington

[CptnRn]

Sorry, that has interesting common characteristics but its not even close to the correct answer. Here is a clue.

[ElkHunter]

Jack Copman?

[CptnRn]

That is correct! Do you know where he is buried? Maybe a two part question was too much. Your turn.

Here is a photo of Copman's Tomb above Shell Fall's, in the Bighorn National Forest.



Here is his story:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/cdi/misc/shellfallsbrochure.pdf
The massive dolomite and limestone
promontory rising above Shell Falls,
Copman's Tomb, takes its name from an
early local settler and inventor.
In 1879, a young man named Jack Copman
arrived in the Bighorn Basin working for a
cattleman. Copman became a trapper on a
tributary of Shell Creek, now known as
Trapper Creek.
Long before the invention of the airplane,
visitors to Copman's camp were amazed to
see his “flying machine,” a model glider.
Copman dreamed of constructing a full-sized
glider and knew just where to launch it – the
wedge-shaped prow of Copman's Tomb.

Years later, Copman realized that he would
never fulfill his quest. He asked that, when a
flying machine was finally invented, his ashes
be scattered over the butte. At his death in
1907, Copman's family was in Europe. His
final wish was never granted. Though he is
buried in the Greybull cemetery, his
monument remains Copman's Tomb.

[ElkHunter]

That was a tough one. Took me a bit.

Where is the oldest rodeo held in Wyoming that first paid it's contestants prize money? And when.

[wyoquilter]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

That was a tough one. Took me a bit.

Where is the oldest rodeo held in Wyoming that first paid it's contestants prize money? And when.

I'm going to take a guess here and say it was in Cody, WY where rodeo contestants first started getting paid prize money. My guess is this started in the mid-late 1880's.

[ElkHunter]

Nope, not cody. Close on the date. July 4th, 1894. This was the "Grand Daddy of em all".

[Claim Jumper]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Nope, not cody. Close on the date. July 4th, 1894. This was the "Grand Daddy of em all".

Cheyenne WY.

[wyoquilter]

Originally Posted by Claim Jumper

Cheyenne WY.

I was thinking Cheyenne, WY myself, but thought it was to obvious.

[ElkHunter]

Cheyenne is the Daddy of em all. Nope, not Cheyenne. This is called the Grand Daddy of em all.