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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 overcame the obstacles of low population and of being the only territory in the U.S. giving women the right to vote, and the United States admitted Wyoming into the Union as the 44th state on July 10, 1890.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Montana on May 26, 1864. 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.
The 1890 United States census enumerates the population of the Territory of Wyoming, later determined to be 62,555, an increase of 200.9% since the 1880 United States census. Wyoming becomes the fifth most populous of the six U.S. territories. March 12: The Territory of Wyoming creates two new counties:
Campbell was born in Salem, Ohio, and attended public school in Ohio. [2] As a young man, he was an attendee of the 1850 Ohio Women's Rights Convention. [3] In 1861, he joined the Union Army in the Civil War, during which time he served as a publicity writer and later as adjutant general on Major General John M. Schofield's staff. [4]
The act organizing Wyoming Territory became law on this date, but it is unclear if the territory could be considered "organized" until May 19, 1869, as the act specifies it was not to take effect until a government is organized; however, all sources use this date as the creation, and most use it for the organization, of the territory.
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 ...
Category: History of Wyoming. 28 languages. ... Wyoming Territory; Y. Yellowstone National Park This page was last edited on 2 July 2024, at 23:52 (UTC). ...