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From Enemy Mascot to Wyoming Icon: the Surprising Origin of UW’s Pistol Pete

Press Release

Robert Waggener – Archivist at UW’s American Heritage Center

 

Few University of Wyoming fans know that Pistol Pete began not as a Cowboy, but as a Spartan warrior who nearly sparked a riot at UW’s War Memorial Stadium.

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