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Learn About Wyoming
First Inhabitants	Early History	Geography & Landforms	Economy
Capital: Cheyenne	Entered the Union: 7/10/1890	Population: 493,782	Area (square miles) 97,814
State Bird: Western Meadowlark	State Flower: Indian Paintbrush	Nickname: Equality State	Governor: Dave Freudenthal
Web Links: State Home Page	Home Page for Students	Members of Congress

Places to Visit in Wyoming: (Click the links to learn more.)

Buffalo Bill Historical Center - Cody
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center interprets the experiences of the American West and includes a museum dedicated to Buffalo Bill himself, a Plains Indian exhibit, the Cody Firearms Museum and the Draper Museum of Natural History.

Museum of the Mountain Man - Pinedale
The Museum interprets the romantic era of the Mountain Man and the historical significance of the western fur trade. There are exhibits on western exploration, the early settlement of western Wyoming and the fur trade, and the museum is the site of the Green River Rendezvous, a recreation of events that brought fur traders together on an annual basis to trade and socialize.

Washakie Museum - Worland
The Washakie Museum provides visitors the opportunity to relate to the lives of the earliest settlers of the area from thousands of years ago with its Colby Site, a display of the earliest mammoth kill site in North America. There are exhibits honoring the wagon train settlers of the 19th century, and displays devoted to the culture of the Sheepeater Shoshone Indians.

Yellowstone National Park -
Located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest national park in the world. The park includes Old Faithful Geyser along with over 10.000 other hot springs and geysers. There are also grizzly bear and wolf, as well as free-ranging herds of bison and elk.

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Famous Citizens:

Jackson Pollock
Born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming, Jackson Pollock first studied painting in Los Angeles. He then moved to New York City where he held his first solo show in 1943. Known for his abstract and surrealist art, his work was widely known and exhibited internationally. Instead of using a traditional easel for his work, he would place his canvas on a wall on the floor and pour or drip paint on it from the can. Instead of using brushes, he used trowels or knives to apply his paint. He is generally believed to be one of the pioneers of the Abstract Impressionism movement and one of the most important figures in American art in the late twentieth century.

Nellie Tayloe Ross
In 1925 Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor in the United States. She later served four years as director of the United States Mint.

Chief Washakie
Chief Washakie was perhaps the most famous of all the Eastern Shoshone leaders. He was known both as a warrior and a statesman, and played a prominent role in the development of the territories of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. He served as a scout for the US Army, and encouraged his people to help the pioneers who were traveling through Wyoming.

James G. Watt
Born in Lusk, Wyoming, James Watt was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Many environmentalists and conservationist worried that Watt’s policies on National Parks and on environmental policy would do more harm than good to the United States’ natural resources.