Wyoming is called "Big Wyoming", "Cowboy State", and "Equality State".
Wyoming is called "Big Wyoming", "Cowboy State", and "Equality State".
Some of Wyoming's descriptions include: The Equality State (official state nickname of Wyoming) Big, Wonderful Wyoming or Big Wyoming The Cowboy State Wyoming, Forever West Roam Free
The official state nickname of Wyoming is "The Equality State".The Wyoming Territory (and later State) was one of the first places in the world to give women the vote. It was also the first State to elect a female Governor, with Nellie Taylor Ross being elected in 1924.Wyoming is also known as "The Cowboy State", due to a cowboy on a bucking bronco being chosen as the state symbol and appearing on Wyoming license plates since 1934.Another nickname for Wyoming is "Big Wonderful Wyoming", or "Big Wyoming" due to Wyoming's size as the 10th largest US state in land area.
The name, Wyoming, was made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell.It derives from the Munsee name xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat", originally applied to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.
Wyoming produces more coal than any other state. Wyoming produces a whole lot of natural gas also. These industries are so big in Wyoming that the state does not have a state income tax for citizens.
"The name Wyoming derives from the Munsee name xwé:wamənk, meaning 'at the big river flat,' but it was also named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania." [per Wikipedia]
Rhode Island (by land area) and Wyoming (by population).
Wyoming's official nickname is "The Equality State". The nickname was chosen because Wyoming was the first US state to give women the right to vote and hold public office.The nickname for Wyoming is The Equality State (the state motto is also Equal Rights). Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1869 (more precisely, women were granted the right to vote so there would be enough voting citizens to meet the population requirement for statehood). This action lead to the nickname The Suffrage State and then later The Equality State."the Equality State" Wyoming got its nickname from when it was the first state to extend suffrage to women voters
The name of Wyoming's state flag is: State Flag of Wyoming.
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Wyoming IS a state.