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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. [21]
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues an executive order renaming Wyoming National Forest as the re-established Bridger National Forest. [13] 1940: April 1: The 1940 United States census enumerates the population of the State of Wyoming, later determined to be 250,742, an increase of 11.2% since the 1930 United States census.
Teton Range, a small mountain range of the Rocky Mountains at the Wyoming–Idaho state line 23,232: 4,008 sq mi (10,381 km 2) Uinta County: 041: Evanston: 1869: One of the original five counties. The Uinta Mountains, named in turn after the Uintah Native American people. 20,745: 2,082 sq mi (5,392 km 2) Washakie County: 043: Worland: 1911 ...
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 ...
Wyoming (/ w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ wye-OH-ming) [9] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.
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.
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.
In alphabetical order, ... Best and Worst Place To Retire: Wyoming. Best city: Cheyenne. ... First, GOBankingRates found the total population, total households, population of ages 65+, percentage ...