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WY CELEBRITIES & FAMOUS PEOPLE

1. June 12, Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young arrived in the Fort Casper area in Casper, Wyoming.

1. Mormons returned to the Casper area in Wyoming to operate a ferry business.
2. A wooden toll bridge built by John Baptiste Richard in the Evansville area, Wyoming.

1. May 30, Wyomng became part of Nebraska Territory.

1. November, Fort Clay, an outpost of Fort Laramie, built near Richard's toll bridge in Evanston, Wyoming.

1. March, Fort Clay in Evanston, Wyoming, renamed Camp Davis.
2. November, Camp Davis abandoned in Evanston, Wyoming.

1. July, military post Camp Payne established at Platte Bridge near Evenston in Wyoming.

1. Camp Payne abandoned at Platte Bridge near Evanston in Wyoming.

1. March 2, Wyoming became part of Dakota Territory.

1. March 3, Wyoming became part of Idaho Territory.

1. May 26, Wyoming became part of Montana Territory.

1. Military post Fort Casper built in Casper, Wyoming.

1. Fort Sanders (originally Fort Buford) settled near what is now the City of Laramie in Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. Squatters arrived in the Cheyenne region, and named the place Cheyenne for the Cheyenne Native Americans, located in Laramie County, Wyoming.
2. Cheyenne incorporated in Laramie County, Wyoming.
3. Fort Fetterman built near Douglas in Converse County, Wyoming.
4. Fort D.A. Russell (F.E. Warren Air Force Base) established, military headquarters for cavalry troops to protect pioneers and railroad construction workers in Wyoming.
5. Laramie County established in Wyoming, seat Cheyenne.
6. Sweetwater County established in Wyoming, seat Green River.
7. Union Pacific Railroad tracks laid in Wyoming, and railroad surveyor General Grenville M. Dodge established a camp on Crow Creek, near todays Cheyenne.
8. August 10, H.M. Hook elected mayor of Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming.
9. September 19, first edition of the 'Cheyenne Leader' newspaper published by Nathan Addison Baker in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

1. A peace agreement between Laramie County settlers and Red Cloud and his Sioux Nation in Wyoming.
2. Albany County established in Wyoming, seat Laramie.
3. Carbon County established in Wyoming, seat Rawlins.
4. The Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
5. May, first passenger train rolled into Laramie City in Wyoming.

1. Buford founded in Albany County, Wyoming. First stop for the Union Pacific Railroad entering the county

2. Cheyenne seat of Laramie County, appointed capital of Wyoming. Coordinates 41°08'N-104°49'W.
3. Evanston founded on the Bear River by the Union Pacific Railroad in Uinta County, Wyoming. Coordinates 41°16'N-110°58'W. Attractions & Recreation : High Uintas Primitive Area
4. The exploration of the Colorado and Green rivers by John Wesley Powell, began in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
5. Uinta County established in Wyoming, seat Evanston.
6. Wyoming became a United States Territory.
7. April 15, John Allen Campbell, appointed governor of Wyoming (1869-March 1, 1875).

1. Wyoming population, 9,118 residents.
2. Evanston appointed seat of Uinta County, Wyoming.
3. March - In Laramie, Wyoming, first woman in the world to serve on a jury.

1. In Laramie, Wyoming. Louiza Swain, first woman in the world to vote in a general election.

1. Wyoming Territorial Prison built in Laramie City, Laramie County, Wyoming. Listed on the National Register.

1. Centennial mine discovered in Albany County, Wyoming, discovered by I.P. Lambing.
2. Crook County established in Wyoming, seat Sundance.
3. Green River, appointed seat of Sweetwater County in Wyoming.
4. Johnson County established in Wyoming, seat Buffalo.
5. March 1, John Mimton Thayer, appointed governor of Wyoming (1875-May 29, 1878).

1. Bannock War at Charles Ford, now Wyoming. Massacre of about 140 Bannock Native Americans.

2. Douglas Creek/Keystone a mining town, founded in the Medicine Bow Mountains in Albany County, Wyoming.
3. May 29, John Wesley Hoyt, appointed governor of Wyoming (1878-August 22, 1882).

1. Buffalo, founded on a buffalo trail, in Johnson County, Wyoming. Coordinates 44°21'N-106°42'W. Attractions & Recreation : Lake De Smet.

2. Cummins City founded, a gold rush town in Albany County, Wyoming.

1. Wyoming population, 20,789 residents.

1. August 22, William Hale appointed governor of Wyoming (1882-January 13, 1885).

1. Buffalo incorporated, in Johnson County, Wyoming.
2. Fremont County established in Wyoming, seat Lander.

1. January 13, Elliot S.N. Morgan appointed acting governor of Wyoming (1885-February 28, 1885).
2. February 28, Francis Emroy Warren appointed governor of Wyoming (1885-November 11, 1886).

1. Douglas, founded in Converse County, Wyoming. Coordinates 42°45'N-105°24'W. Attractions & Recreation : Ayres' Natural Bridge, Fort Fetterman
2. The University of Wyoming established in Laramie City, Laramie County, Wyoming.
3. November 11, George W. Baxter appointed governor of Wyoming (1886-December 20, 1886).
4. December 20, Elliot S.N. Morgan appointed second-term acting governor of Wyoming (1886-January 24, 1887).

1. Douglas city incorporated, along the historic Bozeman and Oregon Trails. Seat of Converse County, Wyoming.
2. January 24, Thomas Moonlight appointed governor of Wyoming (1887-April 9, 1889).

1. Casper founded as a tent town on the Platte River, in Natrona County, Wyoming. Coordinates 42°51'N-106°19'W. Attractions & Recreation : Casper Mountain Park, Medecine Bow National Forest.
2. Converse County established in Wyoming, seat Douglas.
3. Evanston incorporated in Uinta County, Wyoming.
4. Natrona County established in Wyoming, seat Casper.
5. Sheridan County established in Wyoming, seat Sheridan.
6. March 9, Converse County created from parts of Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming, seat Douglas.
7. May 18, Douglas voted seat of Converse County in Wyoming.

1. Casper incorporated as town, in Natrona County, Wyoming.
2. April 9, Francis Emroy Warren appointed second-term governor of Wyoming (1889-October 11, 1890).