Yellowstone River: River in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
Popular Iconic Wyoming Foods That Require Clean Water
Wyoming is famous for the following foods:
Rocky Mountain Oysters
Trout
Chicken Fried Steak
Elk
Bison Burgers
Rack of Lamb
Fun Facts
The name Wyoming originated from a Native American word, mecheweamiing, meaning “at the big plains.”
Wyoming is nicknamed “The Equality State” as it was the first state in the United States to give women the right to vote, which it did as a territory in 1869.
Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, established on September 24, 1906, was the first national monument in the United States.
Most of the Yellowstone National Park lies in Wyoming. Established in 1872, it is the first national park in the United States.
The first national forest was established in Wyoming on March 30, 1891, when President Teddy Roosevelt created the Shoshone National Forest as the Yellowstone Forest Reserve.
J. C. Penney (James Cash Penney) opened a Golden Rule Store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on April 14, 1902. Penney later expanded the business, and changed the store’s name to “J. C. Penney” as it is known today.
The ten largest coal mines in the United States are all located in Wyoming.
White Hall, on the University of Wyoming’s campus in Laramie, is the tallest building in the state. The 12-story dormitory is 200 feet high.
Established in 1886, the Laramie County Library System is the oldest continually operating county library system in the country.
Wyoming is one of two states with an official State Shrub: Wyoming big sagebrush.
This page was last updated on March 01, 2022.
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