Wyoming
Wyoming History Timeline
1700s - 1800s- (1742-1743) Francois Louis Verendyne entered Wyoming, discovered Big Horn Mountains
- (1803) Louisiana Purchase completed, included present day Wyoming
- (1806) American John Colter discovered Yellowstone, named area "Colter's Hell'; explored Teton Mountains
- (1812) Robert Stuart discovered South Pass through Rocky Mountains
- (1822) General William Ashley established trading post on Yellowstone River
- (1827) Ashley's group took first wheeled vehicle, a four-pounder cannon, across South Pass
- (1830) Kit Carson arrived in Wyoming
- (1832) Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville led first wagons through South Pass; established Fort Bonneville
- (1833) Bonneville discovered oil near Wind River Mountains
- (1834) First permanent trading post, Ft. Laramie, established
- (1842) Fort Bridger established; Capt. Fremont led expedition to Wyoming, discovered Fremont Peak; Gold discovered near South Pass
- (1849) U. S. purchased Fort Laramie
- (1854) Grattan Massacre occurred near Fort Laramie
- (1867) Cheyenne founded; Transcontinental Railroad entered Wyoming
- (1868) Wyoming Territory created
- (1869) Women received right to vote
- (1872) Yellowstone Park became first national park
- (1877) Arapahoe Indians moved to Wind River Reservation
- (1885) Chinese Massacre occurred at Rock Springs
- (1890) Wyoming admitted into Union as 44th state
- (1897) First Cheyenne Frontier Days celebrated
- (1906) Devils Tower established, first national monument in U. S.
- (1918) Prohibition passed; uranium discovered near Lusk
- (1923) Kemmerer mine explosion killed ninety-nine
- (1925) Nellie Tayloe Ross became first woman governor in U. S.; Teapot Dome Scandal occurred
- (1933) Nellie Tayloe Ross named first woman director of U. S. Mint
- (1949) Blizzard paralyzed entire state
- (1978) World's largest radio telescope built on Jelm Mountain
- (1979 - 1980) Cheyenne received 121 inches of snow
- (1988) Devastating fire in Yellowstone National Park burned more than one million acres
- (2000) Dick Cheney elected Vice President of U.S.
- (2002) More than 6 million people visited Wyoming's national parks, monuments
- (2004) Dick Cheney re-elected Vice President of U.S.
- (2008) Wyoming rated Best State nationally for statewide litter eradication from public properties by the American State Litter Scorecord; Wyoming ranked most "business friendly" tax climate of all 50 states by the Tax Foundation
- (2009) Wyoming ranked at top for fastest growing state
- (2010) "Cowboy Ethics" new official state code
- (2011) Environmental Protection Agency said chemicals from "fracking" had polluted groundwater near Pavillion
- (2012) Two backcountry skiers, resort employee killed in avalanche
- (2012) Bison meat prices reached all-time high
- (2012) Federal government granted permit to allow tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony
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Wyoming Cities, Counties & Area Codes
City | County | Area Code |
---|---|---|
Laramie | Albany | 307 |
Lovell | Big Horn | 307 |
Gillette | Campbell | 307 |
Rawlins | Carbon | 307 |
Douglas | Converse | 307 |
Moorcroft | Crook | 307 |
Riverton | Fremont | 307 |
Torrington | Goshen | 307 |
Thermopolis | Hot Springs | 307 |
Buffalo | Johnson | 307 |
Cheyenne | Laramie | 307 |
Afton | Lincoln | 307 |
Casper | Natrona | 307 |
Lusk | Niobrara | 307 |
Cody | Park | 307 |
Wheatland | Platte | 307 |
Sheridan | Sheridan | 307 |
Pinedale | Sublette | 307 |
Rock Springs | Sweetwater | 307 |
Jackson | Teton | 307 |
Evanston | Uinta | 307 |
Worland | Washakie | 307 |
Newcastle | Weston | 307 |
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This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.