Looking Back

100 years ago

Word reached Cheyenne late yesterday (Monday) of the death of County Commissioner W.G. Curtis of Torrington. While it was generally known that Mr. Curtis was in poor health, the news of his death came as a great surprise to his many friends in the city. It was an odd coincidence that his death occurred on the day of his resignation from office of commissioner of Laramie county was to take effect. Residing in the newly created county of Goshen, Mr. Curtis could no longer serve as a commissioner of Laramie county after the opening of the above county on the first day of January....