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Wyoming Will Be Your New Home: Ranching, Farming, and Homesteading in Wyoming, 1860–1960 (Cheyenne: Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, 2011) 342 pp. Cassity, Michael. Lives Worth Living, History Worth Preserving Wyoming: A Brief History of Wyoming 1860 - 1960 (2010) Cassity, Michael.
Wyoming's political history defies easy classification. The state was the first to grant women the right to vote and to elect a woman governor. [ 125 ] On December 10, 1869, John Allen Campbell , the first Governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in United States history explicitly granting women the right to vote.
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.
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
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That day, the legislature passed and Territorial Governor Campbell signed an act to re-incorporate the Town of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and an act granting women the right to vote, the first U.S. state or territory to grant suffrage to women. [14] On July 10, 1890, the Territory of Wyoming was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. [15]
Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Wyoming: Luisiana, 1764–1803 Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800; Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Wyoming: Louisiane, 1803 Vente de la Louisiane of 1803; Historical international territory in the present State of Wyoming: Oregon Country, 1818–1846
Weston County was created by the legislature of the Wyoming Territory on March 12, 1890, of land partitioned from Crook County. [3]Weston County was named for John Weston, a geologist and surveyor. [4]