Wyoming History
Yolanda
4th Grade
Hebard School
November 10, 2004
Where is Wyoming?
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Wyoming State Facts
• Statehood date: July 10, 1890-44th State
• Size in Square Miles: 97,914 square miles, 9th
largest state
• Population: 493,782 (2000 Census)
• Neighboring States: Montana, South Dakota,
• Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho
• Average Temperature:
– In Winter 19°F
– In Summer 67°F
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Wyoming State Facts
• Important Physical Features: Old
Faithful,, Mirror Lake, Devils Tower, Green
River, Flaming Gorge
• Capital: Cheyenne
• Largest City: Cheyenne
• State Nickname: Equality State, Cowboy
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Wyoming State Facts
• Products: Beef cattle, Coal, Glass goods
Gypsum, Corn, Refined oil, Chemicals,
Natural gas, oil, Trona, wheat corn,
• Native Animals: Sheep, Dogs, Beavers,
Elk, Deer, Moose, Black bears,
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Wyoming State Governor
• The governor of Wyoming
is Dave Freudenthal.
• Born in Thermopolis,
Wyoming in 1950
• The 54-year-old Democrat
grew up on his family
farm north of town.
• He is the seventh of eight
children.
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Wyoming State Bird
Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
• Length: 8.5 inches
• Sharply-pointed bill
• Buff and brown head stripes
• Yellow underparts with black "v"
on breast
• White flanks with black streaks
• Brown upperparts with black
streaks
• Brown tail with white outer tail
feathers
• Juvenile and winter plumages
somewhat duller
• Frequents open habitats Click to
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Wyoming State Motto
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Wyoming state Flower
Indian Paintbrush
• The Indian Paintbrush are
perennial, biennial or annual herbs
15 - 60 cm high
• flowers are insignificant compared
to the bracts which are brightly
coloured red, yellow, pinkish, and
sometimes white There are at
• least 6 species of Indian
Paintbrush found in the area
and it is very hard to tell them
apart
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Wyoming State Flag
• The colors of
Wyoming’s Flag are:
– Red
– White
– Blue
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Wyoming state Hero
Nellie Tayloe Ross
• She died in 1977 at the age of 101. Interment was
in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
• Mrs. Ross was an avid supporter of her husband
• Nellie Tayloe Ross was born November 29,1876
near St. Joseph, Missouri.
• She was the first woman to be Governor in
Wyoming.
• She taught school for a few years in Omaha before
coming to Cheyenne in 1902, .
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Wyoming Mini-Timeline
• 1807--John Coulter becomes the first known person to explore the
Yellowstone Park region.
• 1812--Robert Stuart of the Pacific Fur Company discovers South Pass,
a pass through the Rocky Mountains.
• 1840--The last Rocky Mountain fur trapper’s rendezvous is held.
• 1902--Shoshone, the first U.S. national forest, is founded in Wyoming.
• 1924--The First National Bank of Cheyenne fails, one of 25 in the
state. The reasons cited are the low prices of cattle, crops, land, and
high taxation.
• 1941-1945After the United States enters World War II, about 33,000
Wyoming men and women serve their country.
• 2000Wyoming Senator Dick Cheney was elected Vice President of the
United States
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Wyoming State License Plate
Created by Me!
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Wyoming special because…The pony
Express of the wild west. And the State tree
It was the Only tree to grow and we have
some of the spooky stories and the state
Dinosaur is a triceratops and it very cool
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Wyoming Tourism
• Yellowstone National
Park was the first Park in
the United State.
• Devils Tower
• Hot Springs State park
near Thermopolis Because
wyoming’s First State
park
• Fort Laramie
• Fort Washakie
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Wyoming Mining
• Wyoming also leads the country at mining
trona and bentonite
• Wyoming is sixth at producing Natural Gas
• Wyoming ranks fourth in the country at
producing oil
• Wyoming is number-one state for mining
coal.
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Wyoming Agriculture
• Wyoming has about 9,000farms and
ranches.
• Wyoming ranks ninth at harvesting dry
beans.
• Beef cattle are Wyoming’s top farm
product.
• Wheat, corn, and hay are other Wyoming
Crops
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Wyoming State Tree
• The cottonwood traveled
west with the seettlers.
• It was the only tree willing
to grow in some spots on
the prairies.
• The pioneers used this
hardy and fast-growing
tree to make their cabins,
barns, corrals, and
churches. From my first
pocket guide Wyoming
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Wyoming Rivers
• Sweet Water River • Horse River
• Shoshone River • Missouri River
• Powder River • Bighorn River
• Green River • North Platte River
• Snake River • Belle Fourche River
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Project Resources
• Map: KME and http://www.wyolinks.com/
• Technology Integration—Wyoming History
• Slide 2 link and follow directions in notes.
• General Wyoming State information.
• Wyoming Kid’s Page
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Wyoming State Standards Addressed:
• 4. Time Continuity, and Change
– Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas and cultures that
were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world .
• 5. People, Places and Environments
– Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, economies,
and environments.
• 6. Social Studies Processes and Skills
– Students access, organize, synthesize, evaluate, and interpret information using appropriate
resources and technology to collaborate, make decisions, solve problems, and report results in
any of a variety of formats.
• 7. Technology
– Students demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate technology to access and process
information applying a variety of resources to the study of history, geography, economics, and
social institutions.
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The End
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