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This list of the prehistoric life of Wyoming contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Wyoming. Precambrian [ edit ]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Wyoming on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
There are 23 counties in the U.S. state of Wyoming.There were originally five counties in the Wyoming Territory: Laramie and Carter, established in 1867; Carbon and Albany established in 1868; and Uinta, an annexed portion of Utah and Idaho, extending from Montana (including Yellowstone Park) to the Wyoming–Utah boundary. [1]
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 constitution was mostly borrowed from those of other states, but also included an article making all the water in Wyoming property of the state. 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 ...
The legislature of the U.S. state of Wyoming has convened many times since statehood became effective on July 10, 1890. Legislatures. Number [1] Start date [1] [2]
Cheyenne (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ æ n / shy-AN or / ʃ aɪ ˈ ɛ n / shy-EN) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census. [6]
All land in the future State of Wyoming north of the 42nd parallel north or east of the meridian 106°20'35" west becomes part of the Territory of Missouri. Land south of the 42nd parallel north and west of the meridian 106°20'35" west remains part of the New Spain (Nueva España) province of New Mexico (Santa Fe de Nuevo México).