It used to be. Growing up there in the 1950’s and 60’s was living a Leave it to Beaver life. One attempted bank robbery in the 60’s ended with the rober being followed out of town by a rancher with his handy 30-30 in the back window of his truck and cornering the BG on a dead end road. A murder in the 1950’s of a wife and her boyfriend netted “Tricky Riggles” the title of the oldest living inmate in the Wyoming State Prison. That was the excitement.
When I graduated from Wheatland High School I was related to half the people in the county, but no more. I blame progress in the form of the Basin Electric Power Plant that was constructed there in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Wheatland went from 2,000 to 10,000 in population and all the crime that came with it. Now the population has shrunk again, but the rif-raf is still there.
Sorry to hear that. Most of my experience in Wyoming has been they are really nice people up there. Salt of the earth.
Just read about this tragedy today in Platte Co Record on- line. I was born and raised in Wheatland when it was a nice small town. There was a similar tragedy a couple days ago where I live in Oregon. A man stabbed his wife and four young children, then set the house on fire. Woman and children all died at the scene or within half hour at ER.
The man survived, but is in critical condition from smoke inhilation. Hard to understand someone doing this to the ones they are supposed to love and protect