As we observe Black History Month, here's the remarkable story of Wyoming's first prominent African-American businessman, Tilford Ashford.
Ashford was born in Missouri during the Civil War. In 1884, at the age of 22, he arrived in Cheyenne and opened a barber shop...
What better way to usher in the first day of Black History Month, then with a fact about our very own Equality State.
On February 26, 1869, Congress sends the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution to the states for approval. The amendment guarantees African-American males the right to vote...