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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]
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.
A map of the counties and capital city of Wyoming. The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by 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.
On July 10, 1890, Wyoming was admitted to the Union with thirteen counties in it. Ten more counties were created after statehood. [1] Two counties were renamed after their creation. Carter County was renamed Sweetwater County on December 1, 1869. [2] Pease County, formed in 1875, was renamed Johnson County in 1879. [3]
Wyoming – U.S. state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains , while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High Plains .
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 ...
Historical international territory in the present State of Wyoming: Oregon Country, 1818–1846 Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843–1849; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Wyoming: Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1848; Gran Cuenca, 1821–1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ...
Putting himself first. Kim Kardashian’s desire to raise her family in Los Angeles wasn’t enough to stop Kanye West from living his best life in Wyoming, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.