Pine Bluffs Post - Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908

Recently, we have found ourselves saying good-bye to people who were influential to us and other folks around Wyoming.

The Grande Dame of our hometown of Lander was Betty Kail, who died recently at 81. She was an elegant gal with a strong backbone and an ambitious resolve to go where other women had never ventured before.

In the Equality State, Betty truly proved that women are equal to men. She may have proved they are superior.

She was an attorney back when there were few women attorneys. She was the state’s first county court judge. Gov. Mike Sullivan appointed her the state’s firs...