Wyoming Tales, Part 2: Absaroka, the State That Almost Was

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Back in the 1930s, the residents of Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota felt the federal government— and the state legislatures— ignored them. They felt unheard, unheeded and, most importantly, moved to find solutions of their own. In this episode, Ben and Noel return to the story of Absaroka to ask: Was this meant to be the 49th state, or was it a publicity stunt?

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0:58.1	Welcome back to the show Radiculous Historians.
1:00.7	As always, thank you so much for tuning in.
1:04.4	Like we said in a previous episode, we're spending a little time in Wyoming.
1:10.5	This is part two of our tales from Wyoming.
1:13.3	It has nothing to do with Big Nose George,
1:16.9	but Noel, this does have a little bit of a connection to a previous episode we did.
1:22.7	Why, Wyoming, wear the sheriffs wear human leather shoes, where there are failed states.
1:29.3	And that's all I got.
1:30.5	Yeah, failed states.
1:31.9	That's the thing, right?
1:32.9	No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, nipples on the shoes.
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