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Nov 8, 2014 · Wyoming gets its name from a green valley in northeast Pennsylvania originally purchased from the Iroquois by a Connecticut land company. An Ohio congressman in 1865 first proposed the name—but later, after he saw our dry, wide plains, he wasn’t so sure he’d had the right idea.
The state of Wyoming is either named after this borough or the surrounding valley. History Village of Wyoming Early history. By the 1700s, the Wyoming Valley was inhabited by several Native American tribes (including the Susquehannock and the Delaware). In the mid-18th century, Connecticut settlers ventured into the valley.
Native American Names abound in Wyoming " The state name itself, Wyoming, is Indian though not western in origin. It is usually said that Wyoming came from eastern Pennsylvania, from a Delaware word, Waumic , or Muchu-waumic , meaning 'end of plains' and that congressional irritation over prolonged debate on a name for the new territory ...
According to the Wyoming Secretary of State; "The name Wyoming is a contraction of the Native American word mecheweamiing ("at the big plains"), and was first used by the Delaware people as a name for the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania." According to another source (Ben's Guide to U.S. government Kids pages), the name Wyoming is ...
Wyoming" is derived from the Delaware (Munsee) name xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat", originally applied to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. [20] Wyoming territory historical coat of arms (illustrated, 1876). This territorial design was re-adopted at statehood (1890) until a complete redesign in 1893.
Wyoming gets its name from a green valley in northeast Pennsylvania originally purchased from the Iroquois by a Connecticut land company. An Ohio congressman in 1865 first proposed the name—but later, after he saw our dry, wide plains, he wasn’t so sure he’d had the right idea.
Many historians believe that this poem was strongly influential in the naming of the western state of Wyoming. While the poem is a highly romanticized version of the Battle, or “Massacre” as many put it, and while the flamingoes he mentions would surely be out of place in northeastern Pennsylvania, Campbell’s poem made the Wyoming Valley ...
