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Center St., looking east (1920s) Douglas was platted in 1886 [6] when the Wyoming Central Railway (later the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company) established a railway station; the settlement had been in existence since 1867 when Fort Fetterman was built and was first known as "Tent City" [7] before it was officially named "Douglas", after Senator Stephen A. Douglas. [8]
In 1926, the Wyoming Pioneer Association was incorporated. This organization's stated purpose was to preserve historical knowledge, artifacts and locations, as well as providing an outlet for long-time Wyoming residents or "pioneers" to share their experiences in bringing Wyoming into statehood [2] A cabin was built to serve as a meeting place and museum on the Wyoming State Fairgrounds, but ...
Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 – April 2, 1902) [a] was an American judge who was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States. [1] She began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on February 14, 1870, serving a term of nearly nine months.
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Just look at Wyoming, where women gained the right to vote all the way back in 1869, a full 20 years before the territory became the country’s 44th state in 1890, and more than 50 years before ...
The North Douglas Historic District is a residential section of Douglas, Wyoming, adjoining the original commercial district of Douglas to the north and east.The district grew from about 1904 to about 1912, with a few infills up to the 1940s.
She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. [3] [4] The museum opened in 2012. [5] The Wyoming State Historical Society says Swain was "the first woman in the world to cast a ballot under laws giving women and men equal voting rights". [6] The Johnson Lummis Hunkins Plaza is outside the Wyoming House for Historic Women.
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