January 14, 1920. Untimely passings.
January 14
1920 The first fatal air accident to occur near Casper occurred, taking the life of pilot Bert Cole and passenger Maud Toomey. Ms. Toomey is also the first female air fatality in Wyoming. The very early airport in use at this time was located where the town of Evansville now sits, and a memorial to Ms. Toomey, who was a schoolteacher, is located in Evansville. Attribution. Wyoming State Historical Society.
On this day, Natrona County suffered its first air fatality.
The location of this tragic accident is in Evansville, Wyoming, where the county's first air field was located. There's a cross marking the location somewhere in Evansville, but I've never been able to find it.
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