Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Basin, Mountain View, Meeteetse: shelters, classroom, dog)

[Zearxx]

This was the golden spike, The last spike to be driven in to complete the first transcontinental railroad connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. It was postponed for two days because in Piedmont, Wyoming on the way to Promontory the train was stopped due to 400 laid off tie cutters who were waiting for Durant so they could be paid. It was nearly two days before their pay arrived, which was a two day delay for the ceremony.

[Poletop]

Great job Zearxx..I bet that one took a little research...

The special train carrying Vice President Durant, Sidney Dillon, and other U.P. officials had reached Piedmont, Wyo., on May 6. A gang of 500 workers surrounded Durant's private car shouting demands for back wages. When the conductor tried to move the train out of the station, the men uncoupled Durant's car, shunted it onto a siding, and chained the wheels to the rails. Here he would stay, they said, until their pay was forthcoming. To make sure, they also took possession of the telegraph office. Durant submitted, wired Oliver Ames in Boston for the money, and paid off the strikers. He was released and managed to be at Promontory on May 10, although the severe headache he suffered that day may well have owed its origin to the experience at Piedmont.

[Zearxx]

What Natural History museum is one museum of five?
What is this museum a part of and where?
(This museum is in Wyoming)

[MtnMan61]

Draper Museum of Natural History, one of the five museums that comprise the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. www.bbhc.org

[Zearxx]

Congrats. Your turn to ask the next question.

[MtnMan61]

Taking a cue from Poletop, I shall proceed.

This geological formation was named for a former Post Office site at the base of the Bighorn mountains. What is the name of the formation, and where was the Post Office located? Post a Google or Yahoo map link for the site.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by Poletop

In this trivia, does a person have to wait for approval from the person asking the question?

Hope not.

If I am confident that I have the right answer and that I answered it completely then I usually go ahead and ask the next question. No one has objected to that and I think it helps to keep it interesting and moving along.

If you are not sure you got it right, then I'd wait for confirmation.

[Poletop]

Great question MtnMan61. It took quite a bit of reading to find the answer to this one! Cloverly Post Office was established on August 8, 1898 with Wolfgang R. Copman as its first postmaster. It was discontinued on October 31, 1929 and its mail then handled by Shell Post Office. Copmen later established his own ranch on Shell Creek which he named "Cloverly." The name Cloverly lives on in the name of a geologic formation which took its name from the post office.

[Poletop]

I will change directions for this next question.


Who was Francis Llewellyn Poncherello’s partner, (he was raised in Wyoming), what was his real name and where did he graduate from high school?

[Zearxx]

Ponch's partner was Officer Jon Baker. Jon Bakers real name was Larry Wilcox. He was born in California but moved to Rawlins as an infant. He graduated from Rawlins High School.