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WY CELEBRITIES & FAMOUS PEOPLE

1. June 12, Mormon pioneers led by Vermont native Brigham Young arrived in the Fort Casper area in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming. They established and operated a ferry crossing the North Platte River, the site later known as Mormons Ferry.

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, Laramie County, Wyoming. Journalist, printer and teacher, born on August 3, 1843 in Lockport, Niagara Couty, New York. Died at the age of 90 on May 27, 1934 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, buried at Fairmount cemetery in Denver.

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. May 2, John Carmel Heenan, born in West Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Professional heavyweight boxer.

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, United States Military Academy graduate, William Gilpin appointed first governor of Colorado Territory(1861-January 31, 1862). Born on October 4, 1813 in Pennsylvania. Died on January 20, 1894 in Denver and buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheatridge, Jefferson County, Colorado.

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). Born on June 20, 1844 in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Joined, during the Civil War, the Forty-ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Received the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry on the battlefield at the siege of Port Hudson in Louisiana, and served a s Captain of the Massachusetts militia. Died on November 24, 1929 in Washington, D.C., interment in Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. July 10, Wyoming WY, 44th state admitted to the Union

   Wyoming Today : capital Cheyenne. Area 97,818 sq.mi.(253.349km²), 10th largest state. Counties 23 : Albany, Big Horn, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Johnson, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Nobrara, Park, Platte, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton, Uinta, Washakie, Weston. Attractions & Recreation : Alcova Reservoir, Atlantic City Campground, Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge, Bennett Peak Campground, Bessemer Bend, Big Atlantic Gulch Campground, Bighorn National Forest, Boulder Lake Recreation Site, Boysen Reservoir, Bridger-Teton National Forests, Buffalo Bill Reservoir, Buffalo Creek Campground, Castle Gardens Scenic Area, Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Corral Creek Campground, Cottonwood Campground, Cottonwood Campsite, Cottonwood Picnic Site, Dead Swede, Deaver Reservoir, Deer Creek Cabin, Devils Tower National Monument, Dugway Campground, Encampment River Campground, Firehole Canyon, Five Spings Falls Campground, Fontenelle Creek Recreation Area, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fossil Butte National Monument, Fremont Canyon Recreation Area, Fremont Lake, Glendo Reservoir, Goldeneve Reservoir, Grand Teton National Park, Grave Springs Campground, Gray Reef Reservoir, Green River Lakes, Guernsey Reservoir, Hettinger Group Area, Hidden Valley Picnic.
2. Wyoming population, 62,555 residents.
3. Casper appointed seat of Natrona County, Wyoming.
4. Gillette, incorporated in Campbell County, Wyoming, Coordinates 44°18'N-105°30'W.
5. Weston County established in Wyoming, seat Newcastle.
6. November 24, Amos Walker Barber elected governor of Wyoming (1890-January 2, 1893).

1. The Burlington and Missouri River railroads, arrived in the Gillette area in Campbell County, Wyoming.
2. Green River, incorporated in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Coordinates 41°32'N-109°28'W. Attractions & Recreation : Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

1. The Johnson Cattle War, conflict between cattlemen and farmers in Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming.

1. January 2, John Eugene Osborne elected governor of Wyoming (1893-January 7, 1895).

1. Cody, laid out on the Shoshone River by Colonel William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, in Park County, Wyoming. Coordinates 44°32'N-109°03'W. Attractions & Recreation : Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Shoshone National Forest, Yellowstone National Park, Whitney Gallery of Western Art.
2. January 7, William Alford Richards elected governor of Wyoming (1895-January 2, 1899).

1. Town of Basin founded by Winfield S. Collins in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
2. Big Horn County established in Wyoming, seat Basin.

1. Bighorn County in Wyoming, organized from parts of Fremont, Johnson and Sheridan counties.

2. Cheyenne Frontier Days started in Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the oldest and largest rodeo events in the world.

1. Cummins City in Albany County, Wyoming, renamed Jelm.

1. January 2, DeForest Richards elected governor of Wyoming (1899-April 28, 1903).
2. August, the 'Cody Enterprise' newspaper, founded by W.F. Buffalo Bill Cody and Colonel John Peake, in Cody, Park County, Wyoming.

1. Wyoming population, 92,531 residents.

1. Cody, incorporated in Park County, Wyoming.

1. Town of Basin incorporated in Big Horn County, Wyoming.

1. Raid on the jail of Basin, killing a deputy sheriff and two prisoners, in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
2. April 28, Fenimore Chatterton appointed acting governor of Wyoming (1903-January 2, 1905). Born on July 21, 1860 in Oswego County, New York. Lawyer, businessman, Republican, during his term as Governor the hanging of hired killer Tom Horn occurred. Died on May 5, 1958, burial Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. January 2, Bryant Butler Brooks elected governor of Wyoming (1905-January 2, 1911).

1. Devils Tower National Monument, established in Wyoming. First U.S. national monument.

1. September, excavation works started for the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshone River near Powell in Park County, Wyoming.

1. Park County established in Wyoming, seat Cody.

1. Wyoming population, 145,965 residents.
2. The Basin Hospital built in Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
3. Powell incorporated in Big Horn County (today in Park County), Wyoming.
4. November, Cody appointed seat of Park County in Wyoming.

1. Campbell County established in Wyoming, seat Gillette.
2. Gillette, appointed seat of Campbell County in Wyoming.
3. Goshen County established in Wyoming, seat Torrington.
4. Hot Springs County established in Wyoming, seat Thermopolis.
5. Lincoln County established in Wyoming, seat Kemmerer.
6. Niobrara County created and carved out of Converse County in Wyoming, seat Lusk.
7. Platte County established in Wyoming, seat Wheatland.
8. Powell in Big Horn County, became part of Park County in Wyoming.
9. Washakie County established in Wyoming, seat Worland.
10. January 2, Joseph Maull Carey elected governer of Wyoming (1911-January 4, 1915).

1. The Lincoln Highway, spanning the breadth of Wyoming, named in honor of President Lincoln on the centennial of his birth.
2. Historic Park County Courthouse in Wyoming, completed.

1. January 4, John Benjamin Kendrick elected governor of Wyoming (1915-February 26, 1917).

1. Casper incorporated as city, in Natrona County, Wyoming.

2. September 26, Harrison Scott Brown, born in Sheridan, Wyoming. Geochemist .
3. February 26, Frank Lee Houx appointed acting governor of Wyoming (1917-January 6, 1919).

1. January 6, Robert Davis Carey elected governor of Wyoming (1919-January 1, 1923).

1. Wyoming population, 194,402 residents.

1. Sublette County established in Wyoming, seat Pinedale.
2. Teton County established in Wyoming, seat Jackson.

1. January 1, William Bradford Ross elected governor of Wyoming (1923-October 2, 1924).

1. October 2, Frank Earl Lucas appointed acting governor of Wyoming (1924-Januar 5, 1925).

1. January 5, Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming (1925-January 3, 1927).

1. January 3, Frank Collins Emerson elected governor of Wyoming (1927-February 18, 1931).

1. Grand Teton National Park established in Wyoming.

1. Wyoming population, 225,565 residents.
2. Fort D.A. Russell in Cheyenne, renamed Fort Francis E. Warren, located in Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. February 18, Indiana native, Nebraska State Teachers College graduate Alonzo Monroe Clark, appointed acting governor of Wyoming (1931-January 2, 1933). Born August 13, 1868 in Flint, Steuben County, IN. Died October 12, 1952.

1. January 2, Leslie Andrew Miller elected governor of Wyoming (1933-January 2, 1939).

1. January 2, Nels Hanson Smith elected governor of Wyoming (1939-January 4, 1943).

1. Wyoming population, 250,742 residents.

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.

1. Albany County established in Wyoming, seat Laramie.
2. May, first passenger train rolled into Laramie City in Wyoming.

1. Cheyenne seat of Laramie County, appointed capital of Wyoming. Coordinates 41°08'N-104°49'W.

1. March - In Laramie, Wyoming, first woman in the world to serve on a jury.

1. In Laramie, WY, 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. The University of Wyoming established in Laramie City, Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. March 9, Converse County created from parts of Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming, seat Douglas.

1. Fort D.A. Russell in Cheyenne, renamed Fort Francis E. Warren, located in Laramie County, Wyoming.

1. The Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Green River, Sweetwater County, WY.

1. The exploration of the Colorado and Green rivers by John Wesley Powell, began in Green River, Sweetwater County, WY.

1. Green River, appointed seat of Sweetwater County in WY.

1. Green River, incorporated in Sweetwater County, WY. Coordinates 41°32'N-109°28'W. Attractions & Recreation : Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.