Hump Day History


 The ghost town of Kirwin, Wyoming.

In 1885, Harry Adams and William Kirwin found gold and silver while hunting deer.

During the 1930's, the Double Dee Dude Ranch was a popular destination, and was visited often by Amelia Earhart to get away from the fame she had acquired.

In fact, she was in the process of building a cabin there when she disappeared in 1937.


And it was on this day in 1932 that she became the first woman to make a solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.  In 1928, she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an aircraft, but that was part of a three person crew.

She was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the US Congress.

In 1935, she was the first to fly solo from Honolulu to Oakland, and won a $10K cash prize.

And with that, she wanted to become the first woman to fly around the world.  The Coast Guard received radio messages that she was lost and low on fuel.  It is believed the plane went down near Howland Island.  The Earhart Light stands there for her today.



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