Wyoming was involved in one of the largest political scandals in the last century.  Albert Fall Secretary of Interior under President Warren G. Harding, became the first cabinet member ever to go to prison for crimes committed in office.

http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0380900-00&templatename=/article/article.html

You can find the California connection info in the following:

www.militarymuseum.org/Doheny.html

Tea Pot Dome is still in the news today in a new research program, see under:

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/28/tech/main596500.shtml