After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established on July 25, 1868.

In 1869 Wyoming extended suffrage to women, at least partially in an attempt to garner enough voters to be admitted as a state. It was admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890.

In addition to being the first U.S. state to extend suffrage to women, Wyoming was also the home of many other firsts for U.S. women in politics. It had the first female court bailiff and the first female justice of the peace in the country. Wyoming was also the first state in the Union to elect a woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross in 1925. A List of Wyoming Governors is available.

Geography

See: List of Wyoming counties

It is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, and on the west by Utah and Idaho. Devil's Tower, made famous in the film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, is located near Moorcroft in Crook County.

Important cities and towns

The Wyoming municipalities with populations over 10,000 are, in descending order:

Education

Colleges and universities

Professional sports teams

Casper Rockies, minor league baseball

Miscellaneous information

Capital: Cheyenne

Nickname: Big Wonderful Wyoming, Equality State, Cowboy State

Motto: "Equal Rights"

Population: 493,782(2000 census)

Flower: Indian Paintbrush

Mammal: Bison

Bird: Western Meadowlark

Tree: Plains Cottonwood

Gemstone: Jade

Fish: Cutthroat Trout

Reptile: Horned Toad

Fossil: Knightia

Dinosaur: Triceratops

Coin: Golden Dollar

Sport: Rodeo

Major highways

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