Wyoming Travel
State of Wyoming - Narrative
Devils Tower National Monument -The nation's first national monument, Devils Tower, looms prominently over the Belle FourcheRiver in a place where the pine forests of the Black Hills mergewith the grasslands of the rolling plains. This imposing formationis a stump-shaped cluster of rock columns 1,000 feet across thebottom and 275 feet across the top. It rises 1,280 feet above thevalley to a height of 5,117 feet above sea level. For centuries,Devils Tower played an important role in the legend and folklore ofIndian people. It became a landmark to stalwart explorers andtravelers pushing their way west from the Black Hill region. Itwas proclaimed a national monument on September 24, 1906, byPresident Theodore Roosevelt. The most recent fame for the towercame as the site where the spaceship landed in the popular movie,"Close Encounters of the Third Kind." ... [Read More]
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WHEREAS, people throughout the world are becoming more aware of the outstanding cultural and recreational resources available in Wyoming and the United States, travel and tourism will become an increasingly important aspect in the lives of our citizens; and ... [Read More]
Heroin - Wyoming Drug Threat Assessment
Abusers in Wyoming typically travel to large cities in neighboring states to purchase personal use quantities of Mexican black tar heroin. (See Figure 5 .) Heroin abusers traveling to Denver, Colorado, to purchase personal use quantities of the drug typically travel I-25, the main route connecting northern Colorado and Wyoming. ... In June 2000 State Highway Patrol officers stopped a vehicle bearing Minnesota license plates on I-80 near Rock Springs, Wyoming. The search of a passenger revealed approximately 126 grams of heroin concealed on his body. A search of the vehicle yielded more than 2 pounds of methamphetamine. The driver and passenger, both residents of Fresno, California, were traveling to Columbia Heights, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. ... [Read More]
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