Wyoming

=**WYOMING**=

Wyoming's nickname is **The Equality State.**

You have now entered Wyoming! Population 544,270! This is The Equality State. Wyoming is known for Yellowstone National Park! In Yellowstone, you can see many things in it's nature! It has animals like brown bears, to fish in Yellowstone's lakes!

STATE FACTS:

Size of Wyoming: 97,818 square miles Population: 544,270 Types of area: Mainly rural (like Yellowstone) but some suburban areas


 * HISTORY:**

The first people that lived in Wyoming were the Native Americans. Some of the Native American Tribes that first lived here were the: Crow, Shoshone, Black Foot, Sioux, Bannock, Arapho and the Cheyene. The first explorer that came to Wyoming was John Coltor. He first came to Wyoming in 1807. When he came to Wyoming he also explored Yellowstone which is in the Northwest of Wyoming. Most of the settlers were the Pioneers. Wyoming first became a state in 1890. It was the 44th state in the United States of America. During 1841 through 1868, 400,000 pioneers entered the state of Wyoming. In 1888 Wyoming became a U.S. territory. In the year of 1869, women in Wyoming are able to vote. Also there was a terrible fire that was in 1988 burned down lots of Yellowstone National Park. It burned down about 1 million acres of trees! Today in Wyoming they still have two Native American tribes that live in Wyoming. Also the nature is protected. Wyoming is a state with very interesting history!

GEOGRAPHY:

The Rocky Mountains run right through Wyoming. The Rocky Mountains enter Wyoming through the Northwest. Yellowstone lake is a beautiful lake! It has mountains and hill surrounding it on some sides. Other places in where the land is flat there are praries in Wyoming!


 * CLIMATE & REIGON:**

In the mountains of Wyoming, the average January temperature is about 12°. The average July temperature in the mountains is 59°. In the city of Casper, the temperatures are a couple of degrees warmer that in the mountains. The average January temperature in Casper is about 22°. Also the July average temperature in Casper is around 71°. The region that Wyoming is in is the Mountain region.


 * GOVERNMENT:**


 * State Governor: Matt Mead (he is a republican)
 * Capitol of Wyoming: Cheyenne, WY
 * U.S. Senators: Michael Enzi and John Barasso (both of them are republicans)
 * U.S. Representatives total: 0 Democrats and 1 Republican
 * State Senators total: 30
 * State Representatives total: 60
 * Counties that are in Wyoming total: 23 (Yellowstone is included)
 * State Population: 544,270 people


 * CULTURE:**

In the cold winters of Wyoming, the people love to eat chili! Their favorite type of chili is Sheepherder Chili! A famous place in Wyoming is Yellowstone! In Yellowstone, there is a beautiful lake called: Yellowstone lake. The mountains near the lake reflect off of the lake and you can see the mountains reflecting off of the lake!


 * STATE SYMBOLS:**

State...
 * Bird- Western Meadowlark
 * Flower- Indian Paintbrush
 * Tree- Cottonwood
 * Dinosaur- Triceratops
 * Animal- Bison
 * Fish- Cutthroat Trout
 * Fossil- Kinghtia
 * Mammal- Bison
 * Reptile- Horned Toad
 * Song- "Wyoming"
 * Stone- Jade
 * Nickname- The Equality State


 * FAMOUS PEOPLE:**

QUICK NOTE: All of these people were born in Wyoming
 * Buffalo Bill Cody (He was a frontier)
 * Red Cloud (He was a Sioux Leader)
 * Willis Van Devanter (He was part of the US supreme court)
 * Washkie (He was a shoshone Leader)


 * RECIPES:**

In Wyoming there is one food and one dessert that is a favorite! The food is Sheepherder Chilli (Yummy!) and the dessert is Date-Filled Cookies. (Double yum!)


 * FUN FACTS:**


 * France, Great Britan, Mexico, Spain and the US owned parts of Wyoming before it became a state
 * The Wyoming motto is: Equal Rights
 * A fire that was in 1988 burned over 1 million acres of forests in Yellowstone National Park
 * The US Government owns about 1/2 of Wyoming
 * Wyoming has less people living in it than a U.S. city!
 * Some visitors come to Wyoming to look for beavers, they use the beaver fur for beaver hats
 * John Colter visited Wyoming and he was part of the Lewis and Clark Crew
 * Wyoming was the first state in the US to let women vote
 * Wyoming has the most geysers in the **__WORLD!__**


 * NATURAL RESOURCES:**


 * Coal
 * Oil
 * Uranium
 * Natrural Gas


 * INDUSTRY (ECONOMY):**


 * Oil
 * Natrural Gas
 * Coal
 * Uranium
 * Mining
 * Agriculture
 * Tourism


 * CROPS (AGRICULTURE):**

Two of the crops (agriculture) that are in Wyoming are:
 * Lumber
 * Livestock


 * [[image:3221392269_6aacbd6cfb.jpg width="200" height="134" align="right" caption="This is a bison it is also called a buffalo"]]NATIVE AMERICANS:**

The native americans that lived in Wyoming killed bison so they sould use them for food, clothing, warmth and tools. About 2% of Wyoming is native americans. There are two tribes that still live in Wyoming. The two tribes are the Shoshone and the Arapaho. The tribes share a reservation in Wyoming. The reservation is by Owl Creek and Wind River. In total there are 12,00 Shoshone and Arapaho living in Wyoming.

=I HOPE YOU LEARNED LOTS ABOUT WYOMING! THANK YOU!=