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Wyoming History

They were the Arapaho, Arikara, Bannock, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Sheep Eater, Sioux, Shoshone and Ute tribes. Of all of these ...

WyoHistory.org | The Online Encyclopedia of Wyoming History

WyoHistory.org is an online historical encyclopedia featuring articles, essays, oral histories and field trips about Wyoming history.

History of Wyoming - Wikipedia

The Union Pacific Railroad played a central role in the European colonization of the area. Wyoming would become a U.S. territory in 1868. It was the first state ...

Wyoming ‑ Population, Capital & Cities | HISTORY

Wyoming became the 44th state to join the union in 1890. The first U.S. territory to allow women to vote, Wyoming has the smallest ...

History of Wyoming - Frontier, Pioneers, Cowboys - Britannica

Wyoming - Frontier, Pioneers, Cowboys: The first occupants of Wyoming were prehistoric hunters and gatherers who probably arrived from Siberia through ...

Wyoming Historical Society | Welcome to the living history of Wyoming

The Wyoming Historical Society began in 1953 and is made up of members across Wyoming, as well as from outside the borders of Wyoming and the United States.

Wyoming State Archives - State of Wyoming

Photo Database. Photographs capture moments in time and offer an unparalleled view of the past. The Archives' Historical Photograph Collection includes more ...

Wyoming - Wikipedia

The Transcontinental Railroad supplanted the wagon trails in 1867 with a route through southern Wyoming, bringing new settlers and the establishment of founding ...

Education - WyoHistory.org

Explore Wyoming history with our expanded educational section, including videos, galleries, lesson plans, quizzes and other activities.

BLM Wyoming History - Bureau of Land Management

BLM-managed public land in Wyoming is no exception and contains many of its own firsts. Como Bluff in southeastern Wyoming was one of the first areas where Late ...

Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal

Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal is published quarterly by the Wyoming Historical Society in association with the Wyoming State Parks ...

History - Jackson, WY

Familiar names in the area including Davey Jackson, John Colter, Jedediah Smith and William Sublette came to this valley in the early 1800s. In 1811, Wilson ...

History of Cheyenne

Cheyenne was proclaimed to be "a City of the First Class" organized under the provisions of the State of Wyoming with all the powers and obligations thereto on ...

History - Town of Wyoming - Kent County Delaware

Reverend Pierce was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of West Camden for a short period after its construction and dedication in 1865. In this same year, ...

History of Laramie, Wyoming | visitlaramie.org

Seventy-five years before Wyoming was admitted into the union, French Canadian fur trader and mountain man Jacques La Ramée trekked the great High Plains. He ...

Wyoming History - FamilySearch

Wyoming is a Delaware Indian word meaning "mountains and valley alternating". The vast state of Wyoming was first inhabited by the Arapaho, Bannock, ...

Wyoming History Day

Rights & Responsibilities in History ... The National History Day (NHD) program is a year-long education program that culminates in a national contest every June.

Wyoming Pictures and Facts - National Geographic Kids

HISTORY. People lived on the wide open plains of what's now Wyoming at least 12,000 years ago. Signs of these long-ago inhabitants include an ancient 245 ...

Wyoming State History for Kids - Ducksters

State History · 1803 - Much of Wyoming is purchased by the United States from France in the Louisiana Purchase. · 1807 - John Colter explores Wyoming and ...

University of Wyoming Department of History

Native American peoples inhabited and visited the landscape encompassed within Wyoming for centuries prior to the founding of the University of Wyoming (UW) in ...