How the Great Depression Fueled a Grassroots Movement to Create a New State Called Absaroka

Frustrated residents of Sheridan, Wyoming, coalesced around the idea of secession, allying with nearby communities to petition for their own state. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images via Newspapers.com and Wikimedia Commons under public domain It was early 1935, and things were miserable in the United States. The soil was dry, the banks had crashed, and jobs were few and far between. Things were miserable in…