Wyoming History timeline

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Wyoming Timeline History

1742-1743: Francois Louis Verendyne entered Wyoming, discovered Big Horn Mountains

1803: Louisiana Purchase completed, included present day Wyoming

1806: American John Colter discovered Yellowstone, named area "Colter's Hell'; explored Teton Mountains

1812: Robert Stuart discovered South Pass through Rocky Mountains

1822: General William Ashley established trading post on Yellowstone River

1827: Ashley's group took first wheeled vehicle, a four-pounder cannon, across South Pass

1830: Kit Carson arrived in Wyoming

1832: Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville led first wagons through South Pass; established Fort Bonneville

1833: Bonneville discovered oil near Wind River Mountains

1834: First permanent trading post, Ft. Laramie, established

1842: Fort Bridger established; Capt. Fremont led expedition to Wyoming, discovered Fremont Peak; Gold discovered near South Pass

1849: U. S. purchased Fort Laramie

1854: Grattan Massacre occurred near Fort Laramie

1867: Cheyenne founded; Transcontinental Railroad entered Wyoming

1868: Wyoming Territory created

1869: Women received right to vote

1872: Yellowstone Park became first national park

1877: Arapahoe Indians moved to Wind River Reservation

1885: Chinese Massacre occurred at Rock Springs

1890: Wyoming admitted into Union as 44th state

1897: First Cheyenne Frontier Days celebrated

1906: Devils Tower established, first national monument in U. S.

1918: Prohibition passed; uranium discovered near Lusk

1923: Kemmerer mine explosion killed ninety-nine

1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross became first woman governor in U. S.; Teapot Dome Scandal occurred

1933: Nellie Tayloe Ross named first woman director of U. S. Mint

1949: Blizzard paralyzed entire state

1978: World's largest radio telescope built on Jelm Mountain

1979 - 1980: Cheyenne received 121 inches of show

1988: Devastating fire in Yellowstone National Park burned more than one million acres

2000: Dick Cheney elected Vice President of U.S.