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Jul 22, 2024 · Native American settlement. There is evidence of prehistoric human habitation in the region known today as the U.S. state of Wyoming stretching back roughly 13,000 years. Stone projectile points associated with the Clovis, Folsom, and Plano cultures have been discovered throughout Wyoming.
6 days ago · Cheyenne, capital (since 1869) and largest city of Wyoming, U.S., and seat of Laramie county, in the southeastern corner of the state, on Crow Creek, 49 miles (79 km) east of Laramie city; it sprawls over high prairie that slopes westward to the Laramie Mountains. Squatters arriving in 1867 just.
1 day ago · There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Wyoming. The first designated were two on December 19, 1960; the latest was on December 11, 2023. / 41.131111°N 105.398056°W / 41.131111; -105.398056 ( Ames Monument) A pivotal and highly significant work in the career of Henry Hobson Richardson. [3]
5 days ago · Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. [2] As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. [3] Its county seat is Green River. [4] By area, it is the largest county in Wyoming.
Jul 5, 2024 · Green River, river in the western United States, rising on the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range in west-central Wyoming. It flows generally south through southwestern Wyoming, where it is dammed below La Barge to form the Fontenelle Reservoir.
Jul 24, 2024 · Yellowstone National Park, the oldest, one of the largest, and probably the best-known national park in the United States. It is situated principally in northwestern Wyoming and partly in southern Montana and eastern Idaho and includes the greatest concentration of hydrothermal features in the world.
2 days ago · Information about Wyoming, with maps that shows the US state, the location of Wyoming within the United States, the state capital Cheyenne, major cities, populated places, highways, main roads, railways, and more.
Jul 6, 2024 · All of Wyoming — and the world — had a reason to celebrate the Fourth of July this week. It's the 125th anniversary of the discovery of one of the most iconic and significant paleontological discoveries ever: Dippy, the Star-Spangled Dinosaur.
Jul 18, 2024 · Wyoming is some 98 thousand square miles in size with a population of around 578 thousand people. The state is divided into 23 counties and all of them have entries in this database. In Wyoming we have discovered historical markers in 127 cities and towns lying in 122 different ZIP Codes.
4 days ago · The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887.
