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

1900s

(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

2000s

(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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