The Native American groups known to English language-speakers as Arapaho, Crow, Lahota, and Shoshone are the first known settlers of what is now Wyoming. The first known European settlers were Spanish-speakers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, French-speakers in the eighteenth century, and English-speakers by the early nineteenth century.
The first evidence of inhabitants of Wyoming show they probably arrived about 11,500 B.C. through the Bering Straight, possibly part of the Clovis culture.
Then the Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne and Crow lived in the eastern portion of the area with the Ute in the western portion.
Then came the fur traders and trappers, mostly French or French Canadian.
The first evidence of inhabitants of Wyoming show they probably arrived about 11,500 B.C. through the Bering Straight, possibly part of the Clovis culture.
Later, the Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne and Crow lived in the eastern portion of the area with the Ute in the western portion.
The first evidence of inhabitants of Wyoming show they probably arrived about 11,500 B.C. through the Bering Straight, possibly part of the Clovis culture.
Before the Europeans arrived, the Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne and Crow lived in the eastern portion of the area.
The bill to create the new territory of Wyoming was introduced in 1865. It was created by Representative J. M. Ashley of Ohio.
The first Europeans to settle in Wyoming were trappers and fur traders, most of them French or French Canadian.
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The Native American groups known to English language-speakers as Arapaho, Crow, Lahota, and Shoshone are the first known settlers of what is now Wyoming. The first known European settlers were Spanish-speakers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, French-speakers in the eighteenth century, and English-speakers by the early nineteenth century.
Some came to Wyoming for the mineral wealth. Others came for the free land from the Homestead Act.
Wyoming's worst wars were the Indian Wars, encounters between the Native Americans and the settlers moving through Wyoming on the Oregon Trail. Due to the rise of tensions caused by settlers encroaching on the land promised to the Indians and the fact that supplies promised by treaties did not arrive, the Indians retaliated.
Wyoming was first named the Territory of Wyoming and then it became the State of Wyoming.
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The first school in Wyoming was started in 1852 at Fort Laramie.
The first settlers in Maryland were the Puritans.
The first governor of the US state of Wyoming was Frances E. Warren (1890). The first governor of Wyoming Territory was John A. Campbell (1869-1875).
The first JC penny stores were located in Kemmerer, Wyoming. But the VERY first stores with its first name , called the Golden Rule Store, were located inLongmont, Colorado. Does that answer your question?
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