Historical events in Wyoming

Answer 1

Ft. Laramie became the first permanent trading post in Wyoming in 1834. Union Pacific Railroad entered Wyoming in 1867. Wyoming Territory created July 25, 1868. Wyoming became a U.S. state on July 10, 1890.

Answer 2

John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was probably the first white person in Wyoming when he reported thermal activity in the Yellowstone area.

South Pass was discovered in 1812 and became an important place on the Oregon Trail.

Wyoming was the first state to include women's suffrage in its constitution. Wyoming became the first state to elect a female governor.

Answer 3

Residents of the Territory of Wyoming agreed in the late 1880's that Wyoming should become a state.

Wyoming Territories' Delegate to Congress, Joseph M. Carey, in 1889, issued a proposal to the US Congress calling for a constitutional convention in Wyoming.

Even thought Congress never acted on that proposal, the territorial governor, Frances E. Warren, went ahead and set a date for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention in Cheyenne.

Of the 55 elected members, 49 of them assembled in September, 1889, in Cheyenne to draft the Wyoming Constitution.

A special election was held on Nov. 5, 1889 and the Wyoming Constitution passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 6,272 in favor to 1,903 against.

On March 26, 1890, Territorial Delegate Joseph M. Carey introduced a bill calling for Statehood for Wyoming to the US Congress. The statehood bill finally passed the House of Representatives by a close vote of 139-127. Three months after House passage, the Wyoming Statehood bill passed the Senate. President Harrison signed the Statehood Bill on July 10, 1890, making Wyoming the 44th state admitted to the Union.

Answer 4

Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

Yellowstone National Park was the first national park.

Wyoming was the first state to have a female governor.

Answer 5

In 1869 the Wyoming's Territorial Legislature gave women the right to vote.

Answer 6

Wyoming became a U.S. state on July 10, 1890. It became the 44th state admitted to the Union.