Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Cowley resident was longtime Big Horn County Extension educator
CASPER (AP) — Five and a half weeks of hell.
That’s how Linda Schwope of Cowley described her husband’s battle with tularemia, a bacterial disease spread to humans by rodents and rabbits, as well as ticks and deer flies.
Michael Schwope, 74, died Aug. 16 after a 39-day struggle with the disease. Experts believe he may be the first person in Wyoming to die from tularemia this year.
The wildlife dis...