Wyoming…

                                                         Wyoming Firsts
First Business West of the Missouri                                                                 First National Monument: Devils
River: In 1834, Fort William was erected at                                                         Tower in northeastern Wyoming was
the confluence of the Laramie and North                                                             designated the first national monument by
Platte Rivers by veteran fur traders William                                                        President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
Sublette and Robert Campbell. Thus, the first
trading post west of the Missouri River was                                                         First Town in America to be
established.                                        First National Park: In 1872, Congress          Governed Entirely by Women: The
                                                    named Yellowstone National Park in              city of Jackson, from 1920 to 1921, had a
First Women to Vote: John A. Campbell,              northwestern Wyoming as the first national      woman mayor, town council and town
Wyoming's first Territorial Governor, signed        park in the world.                              marshal. One of the councilwomen defeated
a bill December 10, 1869 making Wyoming                                                             her husband for her council seat.
the first state to grant women the right to vote.   First State to Have a County Public
                                                    Library System: The Laramie County              First Artificially Lit Evening
First Woman Justice of the Peace:                   Public Library System was organized in          Football Game: The first interscholastic
Esther Hobart Morris was appointed February         August of 1886.                                 football game to be played under artificial
17, 1870 in South Pass City.                                                                        light took place in Midwest, Wyoming in
                                                    First National Forest: By an Act signed         1925.
First All Woman Jury: The first all                 by President Benjamin Harrison in 1891,
woman jury was sworn in March 7, 1870 in            Shoshone National Forest became the first       First Woman Governor in the U.S.:
Laramie.                                            national forest. Wyoming now has 9 national     Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to complete
                                                    forests.                                        the term of her husband who died in office.
First Woman Bailiff: In 1870, Martha                                                                She served from 1925 to 1927. In 1933,
Symons - Boies - Atkinson of Albany County          First Ranger Station: Wapiti Ranger             President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her
was appointed the first woman bailiff in the        Station was established in the Shoshone         the first woman to head the U.S. Mint, a
world.                                              National Forest in 1891.                        position she held until 1953.

                                                    First Woman Statewide Elected
                                                    Official: Estelle Reel Meyer was elected as
                                                    Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1894.
State Nickname: Equality State, Cowboy State                More About Wyoming: Since the 16th Century, a


                                                                                                                        WYOMING
                                                            number of governments have claimed parts of what is
Population: 493,782 (2000 Census)                           now the State of Wyoming. The following national
                                                            flags flew over the Wyoming Territory: France, Great
Square Miles: 97,914                                        Britain, Mexico, Spain, Texas and the United States.
                                                            And, the following territorial flags have flown over
Highest Point: Gannet Peak at 13,804 ft                     Wyoming: Dakotas, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri,
                                                            Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Lowest Point: Belle Fourche River at 3,100 ft
                                                            The largest (cleanest burning) coal resources in the
State Seal: The State Seal was adopted by the 2nd           United States are found in Wyoming. Wyoming lands
Legislature in 1893.                                        are estimated to contain 1.4 trillion tons of coal. The
                                                            world's largest surface coal mine complex is located
State   Flower:        Indian    Paintbrush   (Castilleja
                                                            near Gillette. Wyoming leads the nation in the
Linariaefolia), 1917
                                                            production of coal, bentonite, and trona.
State   Bird:     Western       Meadowlark    (Sturnella    Wyoming contains many gemstones including jade,
Neglecta), 1927                                             moss agates, rubies, jasper, bloodstones, star sapphires,
                                                            diamonds, peridot, and others.
State Tree: Cottonwood (Populus Sargentii), 1947
                                                            Wyoming is a fisherman's paradise with 15,846 miles
State Gemstone: Jade (Nephrite), 1967                       of fishing streams and 297,633 acres of fishing lakes.
                                                            There are 3,400 lakes, ponds and reservoirs that support
State Mammal: Bison, 1985                                   76 species of fish, 31 species of which are game fish.
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout (Salmo Clarki), 1987            Nearly 1 million big game animals (including elk, deer,
                                                            moose, antelope, bighorn sheep and mountain goats)
State Fossil: Knightia, 1987                                winter in Wyoming. Trophy game animals also include
                                                            black bear, grizzly bear and mountain lions.
State Reptile: Horned Toad (Phrynosoma Douglassi
Brevirostre (Girad)), 1993                                  Wyoming has the oldest and largest outdoor rodeo in
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                                                            the world which has been celebrated every year since
State Dinosaur: Triceratops, 1994                           1897 and almost every summer night you could attend a
                                                            hometown rodeo somewhere in Wyoming. It is easy to
State Sport: Rodeo, 2003                                    see why many call us the Cowboy State.                        Max Maxfield
State Coin: Sacajawea Golden Dollar Coin, 2004              The Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R) is recognized            Secretary of State
                                                            worldwide as the insignia for Wyoming and is our
State Grass: Western Wheatgrass (Agropyron                  federally registered trademark. Throughout the state
Smithii), 2007                                              you will see the BH&R trademark with the phrase
                                                            Wyoming Authentic/Wyoming Proud.
Industries: The leading industries in Wyoming are
minerals, recreation, tourism and agriculture.