Wyoming History

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Wyoming History

• Jaimee
• 4th Grade
• Dildine School
• February 15, 2005

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Where is Wyoming?

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Wyoming State Facts

• Statehood date July 10, 1890-44th State
• Size in Square Miles 97,914 square miles, 9th
  largest state.
• Population 493,782 (2000 Census)
• Neighboring States Colorado, Utah, Montana,
  Idaho, South Dakota, Nebraska.
• Average Temperature
• In Winter 19 F
• In Summer 67 F

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Wyoming State Facts

• Important Physical Features Rocky Mountains,
  Bighorn Mountains, Mirror Lake, Medicine Bow
  Mountains, Devils Tower, Grand Canyon of the
  Yellowstone River, Old Faithful.
• Capital Cheyenne
• Largest City Cheyenne
• State Nicknames Big Wyoming, Equality State,
  Cowboy State.

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Wyoming State Facts

• Products Sugar, coal, meat, corn, hay, oil,
  trona, glass goods, clothing, sheep.
• Native Animals Coyotes, elk, mountain lions,
  bobcats, frogs, rattlesnakes, buffalo, rabbits,
  bald eagles.

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Wyoming State Governor

• The governor of Wyoming is David
  Freudenthal
• He took office as Wyoming's thirty-first governor
  on January 6, 2003.
• Born in Thermopolis, Wyoming in 1950.

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Wyoming State BirdWestern Meadowlark

• Length 8.5 inches
• Sharply-pointed bill
• Buff and brown head stripes
• Yellow underparts with black "v" on breast
• White flanks with black streaks
• Brown upperparts with black streaks
• Brown tail with white outer tail feathers
• Juvenile and winter plumages somewhat duller
• Frequents open habitats

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Wyoming State Motto
"Equal Rights"
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Wyoming State Flag

• The colors of Wyomings Flag are
• Red
• Blue
• White

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Wyoming State Hero
Sacajawea

• Sacajawea was born about 1790 in what is now the
  state of Idaho.
• Sacajawea was about 16 or 17 years old and
  pregnant.Her husbands name was
  Toussaint. After the expedition was over in the
  summer of 1806, Sacajawea, her husband and son
  remained at Fort Mandan where Lewis and Clark had
  found them.

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Wyoming Mini-Timeline

• 1743--French Canadians Francois and Louis Joseph
  de la Verendrye become the first known whites to
  enter present-day Wyoming.
• 1807--John Coulter becomes the first known person
  to explore the Yellowstone Park region.
• 1812--Robert Stuart of the Pacific Fur Company
  discovers South Pass, a pass through the Rocky
  Mountains.
• 1867--Fort D.A. Russell was built in Cheyenne.
• 1906--Devils Tower becomes the nations first
  national monument.
• 1902--Shoshone, the first U.S. national forest,
  is founded in Wyoming.
• 1917-1918--About 12,000 Wyomingites help win
  World War I.
• 2000--Wyoming Senator Dick Cheney was elected
  Vice President of the United States.

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Wyoming State License PlateCreated by Jaimee!
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• Wyoming is special because
• 1.Our state is the largest in miles.
• 2.Wyoming has a lot of open spaces for animals
  to run free.
• 3.Wyoming is special because it has the first
  National Park.
• 4.Wyoming special because Wyoming has the first
  monument.

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Wyoming TourismWhile youre in Wyoming you must
see

• At the top of the Wyoming State Capital, there is
  GOLD!
• Right by Guernsey there is a place called The
  Oregon Trail.
• The Devils Tower is a marvelous site.
• You should go to Vedauwoo it is a marvels site.
• You should see Yellowstone National Park.

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Wyoming Mining

• About 18,000 Wyomingites work in mining.
• About 400 billion pounds of coal are mined there
  each year.
• Wyoming ranks sixth in the county at producing
  oil.

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Wyoming Agriculture

• Beef cattle are Wyomings top farm product.
• Wyoming ranks sixth in the United States at
  growing sugar beets.
• Wyoming ranks ninth at harvesting dry beans.

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Wyoming Rivers

• North Platte River
• Clarks Fork River
• Green River
• Sweetwater River
• Belle Fourche River

• Wind River
• Shoshone River
• Snake River
• Powder River
• Bighorn River

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Wyoming State FlowerIndian Paintbrush

• There was a legend of a little girl who got
  kidnapped.One day she ran away and drew a picture
  of her tribe with her blood.

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Project Resources

• Map KME and http//www.wyolinks.com/
• Technology IntegrationWyoming History
• Slide 2 link and follow directions in notes.
• General Wyoming State information.
• Wyoming Kids Page

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Wyoming State Standards Addressed

• 4. Time Continuity, and Change
• Students demonstrate an understanding of the
  people, events, problems, ideas and cultures that
  were significant in the history of our community,
  state, nation, and world.
• 5. People, Places and Environments
• Students demonstrate an understanding of
  interrelationships among people, places,
  economies, and environments.
• 6. Social Studies Processes and Skills
• Students access, organize, synthesize, evaluate,
  and interpret information using appropriate
  resources and technology to collaborate, make
  decisions, solve problems, and report results in
  any of a variety of formats.
• 7. Technology
• Students demonstrate the ability to use the
  appropriate technology to access and process
  information applying a variety of resources to
  the study of history, geography, economics, and
  social institutions.