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July 10, 1890 Wyoming Becomes a State July 10, 1890 Wyoming Becomes a State Wyoming is a state that attracts many visitors who come to see the various beautiful vistas it has to offer. With the towering mountains, beautiful forests, and amazing state and national parks, Wyoming is absolutely breathtaking. Along with the natural beauty of the state, you can find much history as you visit. Three of the major pioneer trails cross Wyoming, and many historic forts were built throughout the state. Fort Laramie still has some of the original buildings that have been restored. Wyoming has been nicknamed the “Equality State” because women in Wyoming gained equal rights before women in other states. Many famous people are from Wyoming, including Vernon J. Baker, Leonard S. Hobbs, Thomas A. Coburn, and Curt Gowdy. Look at the map of Wyoming below. Label the capital of Wyoming. Locate the cities of Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs, Baggs, Riverton, Thermopolis, Buffalo, Sheridan, Sundance, Jackson, Pinedale, Big Piney, Lance Creek, Sheridan, and Lovell, and label them on the map. Now label the Rocky Mountains, Bighorn Mountains, Laramie Range, Absaroka Range, Wind River Range, Granite Mountains, Teton Mountains, Medicine Bow Mountain Range, Wyoming Range, Gannett Peak, and Wind River Peak. Also, locate the Green River, Cheyenne River, Niobrara River, North Platte River, Snake River, Bear River, Shoshone River, Fremont Lake, Jackson Lake, and Yellowstone Lake, and label them. Lastly, label the states or bodies of water that border Wyoming. When you have finished, move on to the timeline of Wyoming history on the next page and the research prompts that follow. ©2017 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com Timeline of Wyoming History 1803 1807 1812 1825 1833 1843 1849 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1872 1890 1897 1906 1910 1924 1929 1960 ©2017 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 1. Fort Bridger is established 2. Wyoming becomes the first state with a female justice of the peace 3. Fort Phil Kearny is built by the Army 4. The first national monument, Devil's Tower, is established 5. The first annual meeting of trappers takes place on the Green River 6. Grand Teton becomes a national park 7. The United States Army buys Fort Laramie 8. The territorial legislature of Wyoming gives women the right to vote and hold office 9. Wyoming begins celebrating Cheyenne Frontier Days, which is still celebrated today 10. Most of what is now the State of Wyoming is purchased from France in the Louisiana Purchase 11. Wyoming becomes the 44th state in the Union 12 Wyoming elects its first woman governor 13. South Pass, which would later become a major pioneer route, is discovered 14. F.E. Warren Air Force Base becomes home to the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) base in the US 15. Gold is found in the Wind River Mountains 16. Yellowstone becomes the nation’s first national park 17. Oil is discovered in Wyoming while Captain Benjamin L.E. de Bonneville is mapping the area 18. Shoshone Dam is completed (now called Buffalo Bill Dam) 19. The Yellowstone area is explored by John Colter 20. The Territory of Wyoming is created ©2017 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com Research Prompt #1 Research Chief Washakie, a Shoshone chief. He died in 1900, at the age of 102, and was buried with military honors, the first time that was ever done for a Native American chief. What was so significant about Chief Washakie that led the military to give him this honor? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ©2017 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com Research Prompt #2 Buffalo Bill Cody loved the west. Around the late 1800s to early 1900s, he took the Wild West Show he had started to Great Britain and Europe to show audiences there what the cowboys, Native Americans, and others were like who lived in Wyoming during its early days. Do some research about his shows. Why do you think they were so interesting to the people in other parts of the world? Do you think it had an impact on the views people in other countries had about the United States? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ©2017 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com Research Prompt #3 Research the bill passed by the Wyoming territorial legislature that granted Wyoming women the right to vote. This was the first government in the world to grant women the right to vote. Why do you think that this bill was passed in Wyoming at that time? Do you think it encouraged or discouraged other areas to give women more rights? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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