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This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Wyoming and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492
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. The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Wyoming.
1859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. Independence Rock , a famous Wyoming landmark along the Oregon Trail The route later known as the Oregon Trail was already in regular use by traders and explorers in the early 1830s.
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.
Map Albany County: 001: Laramie: 1868: One of the original five counties. City of Albany, New York, from which early settlers hailed. 38,257: 4,274 sq mi (11,070 km 2) Big Horn County: 003: Basin: 1896: Parts of Sheridan County, Johnson County, and Fremont County. Big Horn Mountains, a mountain range extending into northern Wyoming: 12,018: ...
too small to map: December 29, 1934 Kingman Reef was placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of the Navy. [384] no change to map: November 15, 1935 The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands was dissolved and replaced with the Commonwealth of the Philippines. [401] [402] Pacific Ocean: March 16, 1936
1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...
1937 - Wyoming Governmental Research Association headquartered in Cheyenne. [22] late 1940's - Union Pacific Big Boy an articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, was assigned to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they hauled freight over Sherman Hill to Laramie, Wyoming. 1952 - Cheyenne Genealogy Society formed. [23] 1960 - Cheyenne East High School established.