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History of Wyoming Timeline
(10,000 BCE - Present)Wyoming's history spans thousands of years of Native American habitation, followed by fur trappers and explorers in the early 1800s, westward expansion along the Oregon Trail, the establishment of the Wyoming Territory in 1868, and statehood in 1890. Known as the 'Equality State,' Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869. More Less
Native Peoples and Exploration
Continental trade networks spread ceremonial blades
1000 CE
Large ceremonial blades chipped from obsidian rock formations in what is now Yellowstone National Park have been found in the Hopewell burial mounds of Southern Ohio, indicative of vast continental trading networks since around 1000 years ago.
Image source: Hopewell tradition
Europeans possibly venture into northern Wyoming
1700
Europeans may have ventured into the northern sections of the state in the 18th century, though documented exploration came later.
John Colter enters the Wyoming region
1807
John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was probably the first American to enter the region in 1807.
Image source: John Colter
Big Horn Medicine Wheel excavations
1958 - 1978
The medicine wheel in the Big Horn Mountains has not been dated accurately due to disruption of the site before the two archaeological excavations of 1958 and 1978.
Statehood and Politics
Gertrude of Wyoming poem published
1809
The name Wyoming was made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell.
Union Pacific reaches Cheyenne
1867
The UP reached the town of Cheyenne, which later became the state capital, in 1867.
Image source: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Wyoming Territory established
Jul 25, 1868
After the arrival of the railroad, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, which was established on July 25, 1868.
Image source: Wyoming Territory
Wyoming grants women the right to vote
Dec 10, 1869
On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote, becoming the first future U.S. state to do so.
Image source: Women's suffrage in Wyoming
Women serve on jury for first time in Laramie
1870
The first time women served on a jury was in Wyoming (Laramie in 1870).
First female bailiff and justice of the peace
1870
Wyoming had the first female court bailiff (Mary Atkinson, Laramie, in 1870), and the country's first female justice of the peace (Esther Hobart Morris, South Pass City, in 1870).
Key Facts
- Native American peoples, including the Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, and Cheyenne, inhabited the region for thousands of years before European contact.
- The Union Pacific Railroad reached Wyoming in 1867, spurring the founding of towns like Cheyenne and Laramie.
- In 1869, Wyoming Territory became the first government in the United States to grant women the right to vote, earning it the nickname 'The Equality State.'
- Wyoming became the 44th U.S. state on July 10, 1890, with Cheyenne as its capital.
- Yellowstone National Park, established in 1872 as the world's first national park, is located primarily in northwestern Wyoming.
Source
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