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Wyoming had the first female court bailiff (Mary Atkinson, Laramie, in 1870), and the country's first female justice of the peace (Esther Hobart Morris, South Pass City, in 1870). Wyoming became the first state in the Union to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross , who was elected in 1924 and took office in January 1925.
The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, [1] until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The boundaries of the Wyoming Territory were identical to those of the modern State of Wyoming.
Wyoming National Forest will be renamed Bridger National Forest on March 10, 1941.) January 1: William B. Ross takes office as the twelfth Governor of State of Wyoming. 1922: May 1: The Town of Glendo is incorporated. [8] April 15: Wyoming U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick introduces a resolution calling for an investigation into the Teapot Dome ...
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
In 1924, Wyoming was the first state to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925. [30] Due to its civil-rights history, one of Wyoming's state nicknames is "The Equality State", and the official state motto is "Equal Rights". [1] Wyoming's constitution also included a pioneering article on water rights. [31]
Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821) was a French-Canadian and Métis coureur des bois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain man who lived in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming, having settled there in 1815.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Wyoming on July 25, 1868. An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Wyoming to the Union on July 10, 1890. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.
See Category:People from Wyoming for Wyoming people. ... Pages in category "History of Wyoming" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.