Female Firsts In Wyoming
It was not an uncommon event in the history of the West. A card game went bad, a fight ensued, and guns were drawn. Such was the case at a saloon in Laramie, Wyoming, in November 1869. When it was over, John Hoctor was dead and Andrew Howie was charged with murder.
It was what happened next that shifted history. In March 1870, the first formal jury
