Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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CHEYENNE - "It was the biggest and most destructive thing I've ever seen. And I've been to Vietnam. I thought I had seen it all." Those were the words of Carl Lowery, a member of Wyoming Search and Rescue, in the July 17, 1979, edition of the Wyoming Eagle, describing the most destructive tornado in Wyoming's history, which hit Cheyenne 40 years ago. The Eagle was a predecessor of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. In the mid-afternoon hours of July 16, 1979, an F3 tornado touched down and traveled... Full story