Five Star accountability report on how #JacksonHoleWYO is now a Billionaire’s playground — and what it means for non-wealthy residents and workers. Very alarming data in here, especially as my beloved Mom (RIP) was a native of #RockSpringsWYO 😕 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
PS: My maternal GrandPa, Benjamin Franklin Fermon (pictured above), was a genius. In addition to his long employment at #UPRRMC across the Mountain West over decades, he also served as the Republican Party County Rep in #RockSpringsWYO, as the #GuildedAge transition to the #UnionLabor age.
#BlackHistoryMonth2026: I’ll Reiterate that my fam helped build the #MountainWest and private + public sector businesses #California since before the #CivilWar. This pic of my maternal G’Paw and Grandma (both seated) is from 1918 in a #RockSpringsWYO portrait studio.
PS: There’s abundant historical archival material in WYO about this Horrific act of White people in #RockSpringsWYO terrorizing Chinese immigrants in 1885. I’ve read some of it! Props to Michael Luo/The New Yorker for surfacing this overlooked story. The *settling* of the U.S. Mountain West was…🤯🌄
