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Wyoming History
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 Wyoming gets its name
from the Algonquin words for "land of vast plains." 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 in 1868. Wyoming was admitted as
the 44th state in 1890. The constitution of the "Equality State"
was the first in the world to grant voting rights to women.
Wyoming was also the first state to elect a woman governor.
People are spread out across the state in small farming and
ranching towns, and millions of visitors come to enjoy the
Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks each year. The state
flower has the poetic name of Indian paintbrush. Wyoming is the
smallest state in the Union in population. |
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