Wyoming has the silhouette of a bison (buffalo) on its flag.
Wyoming has the silhouette of a bison (buffalo) on its flag.
Wyoming
Wyoming's statehood name is 'Wyoming'. It was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. The name, Wyoming, was chosen when Representative J. M. Ashley of Ohio introduced a bill to Congress to provide a "temporary government for the territory of Wyoming".
The name of Wyoming's state flag is: State Flag of Wyoming.
The silhouette of an American Bison, also known as Buffalo, is in the center of Wyoming's state flag. According to the flag's designer, Verna Keays Keyes, the seal on the bison represents the truly western custom of branding. The bison was once "Monarch of the Plains."
Wyoming's flag has an American Bison in the center (as the state's nickname is the "Buffalo State"). The white bison is charged in a field of blue; the boarder of the flag is white and red.
Wyoming's state flag does not have a nickname. However, the state of Wyoming's official nickname is "The Equality State" which appears on Wyoming's state flag.
The Flag of the State of Wyoming was adopted in 1916.
The animal on Wyoming's state flag is the Bison, which is also the state mammal for Wyoming.
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The capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne. The Wyoming State Flag, designed by Mrs. A.C. Keyes of Casper (formerly Miss Verna Keays of Buffalo), was adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31, 1917. The Great Seal of Wyoming is the heart of the flag. On the bison, once the monarch of the plains, is the seal representing the custom of branding. The colors of the State Flag are the same as those of the National Flag. The red border represents the Indian and the blood of the pioneers who gave their lives reclaiming the soil. White is the emblem of purity and uprightness. Blue, the color of the sky and mountains, is symbolic of fidelity, justice and virility.