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The name Wyoming may be derived from the Delaware Indian word "Maughwauwama," which means "large plains."
Wyoming's official flag was adopted in 1917. The flag has a deep blue field surrounded by white and red borders. A white bison dominates the flag; it has the state seal in the center. The state seal pictures a rancher and a miner on either side of a woman. The woman represents the state's motto "Equal Rights," which is written on a banner she is holding. Wyoming was the first state in which women had the right to vote and hold public office. The words "Livestock", "Mines", "Grains," and "Oil" are on two columns that are on either side of the woman; they represent Wyoming's agricultural and mineral wealth. A shield (with stripes and a star) and an eagle are under the woman; they symbolize support for the United States. The dates 1869 and 1890 are on either side of the shield; they are the dates when Wyoming organized as a territory of the United States and when it became a state.
10 Largest cities in Wyoming (2003): Cheyenne, 54,374; Casper, 50,632; Laramie, 26,956; Gillette, 21,840; Rock Springs, 18,400; Sheridan, 16,016; Green River, 11,541; Evanston, 11,375; Riverton, 9,314; Cody, 8,973
Number of counties in Wyoming : 23, plus Yellowstone National Park
Largest county in Wyoming by population: Laramie, 85,296 (2004)
Largest county in Wyoming by area: Sweetwater, 10,426 sq mi.
Wyoming State Parks: 23 (58,498 ac.)
Wyoming Land Area: 97,814 sq mi. (253,337 sq km) (10th)
Wyoming Geographic Center: In Fremont Co., 58 mi. ENE of Lander
Wyoming Population: (2004 est) 506,529 (#50)
The U.S. acquired the land comprising Wyoming from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. John Colter, a fur-trapper, is the first white man known to have entered the region. In 1807 he explored the Yellowstone area and brought back news of its geysers and hot springs.
Robert Stuart pioneered the Oregon Trail across Wyoming in 1812?1813 and, in 1834, Fort Laramie, the first permanent trading post in Wyoming, was built. Western Wyoming was obtained by the U.S. in the 1846 Oregon Treaty with Great Britain and as a result of the treaty ending the Mexican War in 1848.
When the Wyoming Territory was organized in 1869, Wyoming women became the first in the nation to obtain the right to vote. In 1925 Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor in the United States.
Second in mean elevation to Colorado, Wyoming has many attractions for the tourist trade, notably Yellowstone National Park. Hikers, campers and skiers are attracted to Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole National Monument in the Teton Range of the Rockies. Cheyenne is famous for its annual "Frontier Days" celebration. Flaming Gorge, the Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and Devils Tower and Fossil Butte National Monuments are other points of interest.
Wyoming's towering mountains and vast plains provide spectacular scenery, grazing lands for sheep and cattle, and rich mineral deposits. Mining, particularly oil and natural gas, is the most important industry. Wyoming has the world's largest sodium carbonate (natrona) deposits and has the nation's second largest uranium deposits.
Wyoming Agriculture: Wheat, oats, sugar beets, corn, barley, and alfalfa. Sheep, wool, cattle
Wyoming Industry: Oil, minerals (uranium and sodium carbonate), ranching.
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