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Wyoming facts
facts about Wyoming
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History
4th Grade
01/07/2009

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[image]State Name
Definition
Wyoming
Term
[image]What evokes the essence of Wyoming?
Definition
American West
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[image]What does Wyoming mean?

Definition
It has origins of the Algonquin word meaning "large prairie place."
Term

[image]What is the capital of Wyoming?

Definition
Cheyenne
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[image]What is the state dinousaur?

Definition
Triceratops
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[image]What region is Wyoming in?
Definition

 Mid-West

Term
[image]What is the general population of Wyoming?
Definition

509,294

Term
[image]Who is the governer?
Definition
Dave Freudenthal
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[image]What are the border states?
Definition
Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho
Term
[image]What is the state reptile?
Definition

Horned Lizard

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[image]What is the state fossil?
Definition
Knighta
Term
[image]What is the state mammal?
Definition
Bison
Term

What is the state fish?

Definition
Cutthroat Trout
Term
What is the state gem?
Definition
Jade
Term
What is the animal on the flag?
Definition
Bison
Term
What is the state abbreviation?
Definition

WY

Term
What state gave women to vote first?
Definition
Wyoming
Term
What is the state grass?
Definition
Western Weatgrass
Term
What is the state soil?
Definition
Forkwood
Term

When did Wyoming gain through the Louisiana purchase?

Definition
1803
Term

When was a portion of the territory gained through the treaty of Spain?

Definition
1819
Term
In what year did Wyoming give women the right to vote?
Definition
1869
Term
What is the date  that Wyoming admitted to the Union?
Definition
July 10,1890
Term

What is the lowest point of Wyoming?

Definition
Belle Fourche River
Term
 What is the highest point of Wyoming?
Definition
Gannet Peak
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What is the first National Park in Wyoming?

Definition
Yellowstone National Park
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What is the first National forest in Wyoming?
Definition
Shoshone National Forest
Term
When was the first ranger station established?
Definition
1891
Term

When was the first Puplic County Library System established?

Definition

August 1886

Term
Who designated the first national monument?
Definition
President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906
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What was the first national monument?
Definition
Devil Tower in northeastern Wyoming
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