CASPER, Wyo. – In 1984 an ambitious young legislator from southwestern Wyoming made a startling statement. Ford Bussart was on everybody’s short list as Democratic candidate for governor in 1986. The Democrats, though a distinct minority in Wyoming, had held the governorship for 12 years under Ed Herschler, and they saw Bussart as his likely […]
Paul Krza
Posted inDecember 23, 1996: El Nuevo West
Cow coup: Wyoming governor usurps federal grazing group
CASPER, Wyo. – It was not yet high noon, but the showdown over grazing between Wyoming’s governor and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt had begun to unfold. Around a table sat the 15 members of Wyoming’s Resource Advisory Council. They were the very same ranchers, industry representatives and conservationists who had been meeting for over a […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1986: The Colorado River as plumbing
The Bureau’s Rube Goldberg machines
In the high arid plains of southwest Wyoming, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has built Rube Goldberg irrigation systems that keep farmers on the edge of poverty and load up the rivers with salt. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 14, 1985: Last stand for the Colorado Plateau
Exxon Corporation has put the boom back in Wyoming
Exxon’s construction of one of the largest natural gas processing plants in North America has arrived in southwest Wyoming, bringing with it a mixture of wealth and dismay. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
Rock Springs has travelled the boom-bust road before
The existence of Rock Springs, Wyo., is dependent upon economic waves, tied largely to the presence (or in the case of busts, the absence) of large corporations. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
Exxon has announced plans to double the size of its giant Shute Creek gas processing plant already under construction, possibly needing a workforce of 5,000 people. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.3/download-entire-issue