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Nickname: Equality (Wyoming pioneered in woman suffrage). The name Wyoming was taken from the name of Wyoming Valley, Pa., a corruption of a Delaware Indian word.
State Data: Area: Total, 97,914 sq. miles; Water, 366 sq. miles. Motto: "Cedant Arma Togae (Let Arms Yield to the Gown, or Let Military Bow to Civil Power)." State Flower: Indian Paintbrush Main Rivers: Green River, Big Horn, Wind, Shoshone, Yellowstone, Belle Fourche, Laramie, and North Platte. Mountain Ranges: Various Rocky Mountain ranges including: Big Horn, Laramie, Medicine Bow, Teton, and Wind River, with the following lofty peaks; Grand Teton, Fremont, Gannett, Helen, Downs, Chimney Rock, and Cloud.
Topography: Wyoming has a variety of landscapes including Yellowstone. Much of the state is desolate desert country with it's own form of beauty. Boundaries: N., Montana; E., South Dakota, Nebraska; S., Colorado, Utah; W., Utah, Idaho, Montana. Elevation: Lowest, Belle Fourche River (Crook County), 3,100 ft.; highest, Gannett Peak, 13,785 ft.; average, 6,700 ft. Agriculture: Hay, wheat, corn, oats potatoes, sugar beets, barley, rye, beans, and apples. Livestock are the most important, especially cattle, sheep, and swine. Poultry and dairy farming. U.S. Agricultural Experiment Station at Laramie. U.S. Land-Grant College: College of Agriculture of the University of Wyoming at Laramie. Manufacturing includes: Refined petroleum, railroad construction and repair, beet sugar, and lumber products. Geology: Coal, petroleum, phosphate, natural gas, natural gas gasoline, copper, gold iron, gypsum, sand, gravel, bentonite, vermiculite, and clay products. Leading Cities: Cheyenne (capital), Casper, Laramie, Sheridan, Rock Springs, and Rawlins.
Climate- Varied, temperate, and mostly dry. Average annual temperatures 46 degrees in valleys, 36 degrees in mountains. Generally cool summers. Annual rainfall is about 14 inches, falling to about six inches in lower Big Horn basin, rising to 35 inches in Yellowstone Park some years.
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Food- American (chuck wagon variety- meat and potatoes). You will find eating in Wyoming a necessity rather than a luxury. You probably won't get multiple forks since most patrons would figure it was a waste!
Foreign Visitors- Foreigners entering the United States must carry two documents: A valid Passport, expiring not less than 6 months prior to the scheduled end of their visit to the U.S.; and a tourist visa obtainable at any American consulate at no charge. Anyone applying for an immigrant's visa must obtain a screening test for the AIDS-HIV virus. This test does not apply to tourists. Any visitor with a medical condition that requires treatment with narcotics or with paraphernalia must carry a valid, signed prescription from their doctor. Travel insurance is optional in the US but required by most car rental companies. See our link on money conversion for foreign guests.
History- Open pit and underground hard rock mining played a large part in the young history of Wyoming. Wyoming was the west coast answer to Pennsylvania Coal Fields. Before the diesel locomotive's development and use for railroad power the steam locomotive's were often using coal fired boilers. Towns grew up where coal fields were abundant. One such Wyoming town was Superior, just 16 miles north of Rock Springs. Tennessee Ernie Ford described this town in his song, "Sixteen Tons". Superior was owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. Being a company town, like so many mining communities of that day, the store supported charge accounts for anyone that worked in the mines. Most people worked from week to week to pay off the debt at the U.P. (company) store. In Superiors' heyday all of the hills surrounding the mines were lined with company housing. There was a theatre, dancehall, two restaurants, and a couple of taverns. The demise of these towns often came swiftly as there was not much diversification. The diesel locomotive reduced the Union Pacific's need for coal and the town site is now a ghost town. Cattle and sheep were also early players in the development of Wyoming.
Language- English, some Basque.
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Seasons- Four seasons, often hot arid summers and cold blowing snow winters!
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Travel- Automobile, 4 wheel drive in back country.
Tips- If you have to travel Wyoming in the winter don't push yourself into a blizzard. Wyoming state police maintain a winter watch phone line for weather and road conditions.
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