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===Online Resources===
==Online Resources==


*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#wy County and Town Histories], includes biographies
*[https://wyshs.org/publications/annals-wyoming-wyoming-history-journal Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal]
*[https://wyshs.org/publications/annals-wyoming-wyoming-history-journal Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal]
*[http://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/collections/digital.html Digital Collections of University of Wyoming]
*[http://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/collections/digital.html Digital Collections of University of Wyoming]
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=gOMDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming ...]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=gOMDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming ...]
*[http://wyoming.gov/history.aspx/ Wyoming History]
*[http://wyoming.gov/history.aspx/ Wyoming History]
*[http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/ Wyoming Tales and Trails]
*The [http://libguides.uwyo.edu/content.php?pid=285920&sid=2353001 Grace Raymond Hebard Collection] at the University of Wyoming is considered to be the most comprehensive collection of published materials about Wyoming history, culture and natural history.This collection contains more than 50,000 cataloged titles documenting the history and culture of Wyoming and the region. <br>
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wyoming/ The American Local History Network's Wyoming Website] offers not only numerous links to a large variety of websites about Wyoming's life and history but also contains a number of exclusive articles.
*[http://genealogytrails.com/wyo/ Genealogy Trails Wyoming] contains, obits, histories, information about forts and Japanese internment plus much more.
*[http://www.archaeolink.com/wyoming_history_historic_wyoming.htm History of Wyoming]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wygenweb/ The WYGenWeb Project]
*[http://www.wyomingmemory.org/ Wyoming Memory]
*[http://www.genealogyalongtherockies.com/wyoming/wyoming.htm Wyoming History Homepage]
*[http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/ Wyoming State Archives]
*[http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/ Wyoming Tales and Trails]
*[http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/ Wyoming Tales and Trails]


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The following events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements in [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]].  
The following events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements in [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]].  


'''1562 to 1890: '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Wyoming Territorial Evolution] of present day Wyoming.  
*'''1562 to 1890: '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Wyoming Territorial Evolution] of present day Wyoming.  
 
*'''1803: '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase Treaty] signed on April 30, 1803 which included most of present day Wyoming.  
'''1803: '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase Treaty] signed on April 30, 1803 which included most of present day Wyoming.  
*'''1807:&nbsp;'''John Colter, first&nbsp;known white man in Wyoming, entered Togwotee Pass&nbsp;near Jackson Hole. [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/subject.php?sub_id=32 Edward Rose] is first American settler in Wyoming in the Big Horn Basin.
 
*'''1807: '''[http://thefurtrapper.com/ Fur trading] post establish November 1807 at the junction of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Rivers.
'''1807:&nbsp;'''John Colter, first&nbsp;known white man in Wyoming, entered Togwotee Pass&nbsp;near Jackson Hole. [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/subject.php?sub_id=32 Edward Rose] is first American settler in Wyoming in the Big Horn Basin.  
*'''1825: '''Beginning of annual Mountain Man [http://thefurtrapper.com/?s=rendezvous Rendezvous].
*'''1834:''' &nbsp;[http://oregontrail101.com/ftlaramie.html Fort Laramie] was established as a supply depot on the [http://www.furtrade.org/ Oregon Trail fur trade] route. It became an army post in 1849, and remained in use until 1890. A [http://www.dickshovel.com/1868.html map of Fort Laramie Treaty Land]is available online.<br>
*'''1840's-1850s:''' Emigrants went west over the [http://oregontrail101.com/ Oregon Trail] through what is now central Wyoming. In 1850, more than 40,000 emigrants passed through Fort Laramie.  


'''1807: '''[http://thefurtrapper.com/ Fur trading] post establish November 1807 at the junction of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Rivers.
'''1825: '''Beginning of annual Mountain Man [http://thefurtrapper.com/?s=rendezvous Rendezvous].
'''1834:''' &nbsp;[http://oregontrail101.com/ftlaramie.html Fort Laramie] was established as a supply depot on the [http://www.furtrade.org/ Oregon Trail fur trade] route. It became an army post in 1849, and remained in use until 1890. A [http://www.dickshovel.com/1868.html map of Fort Laramie Treaty Land]is available online.<br>
'''1840's-1850s:''' Emigrants went west over the [http://oregontrail101.com/ Oregon Trail] through what is now central Wyoming. In 1850, more than 40,000 emigrants passed through Fort Laramie.
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'''1843:''' [http://oregontrail101.com/ftbridger.html Fort Bridger] was established.  
*'''1843:''' [http://oregontrail101.com/ftbridger.html Fort Bridger] was established.  
 
*'''1847:''' Latter-day Saint migration to Utah. Latter-day Saint (Mormon) [http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/23_North_Platte_River.html ferry established on North Platte River].  
'''1847:''' Latter-day Saint migration to Utah. Latter-day Saint (Mormon) [http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/23_North_Platte_River.html ferry established on North Platte River].  
*'''1849-1850:''' Gold fever also hit the Cherokee Indians. Many Cherokees left their reservation in Oklahoma and headed west with hopes to find fortunes of gold in California. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Trail The Cherokee trail] began in Tahlequah, Oklahoma then though Colorado before joining the California/Oregon Trail at Fort Bridger, Wyoming.<ref> Federal Writers' Project (Or, Federal Writers' Project); ''The Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.'' Published by US History Publishers, 1977 ISBN 1603540652, 9781603540650. Page 83. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=T1sz3w79VrwCclient=firefox-a Google Books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17651801 Worldcat]</ref>  
*'''1851:''' A treaty was signed near Fort Laramie, the Indians would allow access to wagon trains on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail Oregon Trail], the building of roads, and forts.  
'''1849-1850:''' Gold fever also hit the Cherokee Indians. Many Cherokees left their reservation in Oklahoma and headed west with hopes to find fortunes of gold in California. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Trail The Cherokee trail] began in Tahlequah, Oklahoma then though Colorado before joining the California/Oregon Trail at Fort Bridger, Wyoming.<ref> Federal Writers' Project (Or, Federal Writers' Project); ''The Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.'' Published by US History Publishers, 1977 ISBN 1603540652, 9781603540650. Page 83. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=T1sz3w79VrwCclient=firefox-a Google Books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17651801 Worldcat]</ref>  
*'''1853:''' [http://mormonhistoricsites.org/fort-supply/ Ft. Supply], first agricultural settlement, established by Latter-day Saints near Ft. Bridger. Deserted and burned in 1857.  
 
*'''1856: '''[http://ultimatewyoming.com/sectionpages/sec5/extras/handcartdisaster.html Martin and Willie Handcart Company] disaster near Devil's Gate and South Pass.  
'''1851:''' A treaty was signed near Fort Laramie, the Indians would allow access to wagon trains on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail Oregon Trail], the building of roads, and forts.  
*'''1860:&nbsp; '''From <u></u>23 April 1860&nbsp;to&nbsp;24 October 1861 the&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express Pony Express] provided fast mail service. See also [[Pony Express]]  
 
*'''1861: '''2 Mar 1861 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Territory Dakota Territory] established. It included all of present-day North and South Dakota and most of Montana and Wyoming.  
'''1853:''' [http://mormonhistoricsites.org/fort-supply/ Ft. Supply], first agricultural settlement, established by Latter-day Saints near Ft. Bridger. Deserted and burned in 1857.  
*'''1862:''' Fort Halleck (1862-1866) established on [http://www.travelwyoming.com/listing/saratoga/overland-trail Overland Trail]. Overland stage line changed route from Oregon Trail to Overland (Cherokee) Trail in southern Wyoming.  
 
*'''1863''' - Bozeman Trail established as a shorter route to the gold fields of Montana, through the [https://centerofthewest.org/research/mccracken-research-library/digital-collections/plains-indians/ Northern Plains Indians] last and best hunting grounds.  
'''1856: '''[http://ultimatewyoming.com/sectionpages/sec5/extras/handcartdisaster.html Martin and Willie Handcart Company] disaster near Devil's Gate and South Pass.  
*'''1867:''' {{wpd|DakotaTerritory}} was established. It included all of present-day North and South Dakota and most of Montana and Wyoming. In 1867 all of the Wyoming portion was included in Laramie County, which was divided early in 1868 by the creation of Carter County (later renamed Sweetwater County).  
 
*'''1866: '''[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/history/fpk/122866nyt.html Fort Pillip Kearny Massacre] , <ref>Carrington, Frances Courtney. ''My Army Life and the Fort Phil. Kearney Massacre: With an Account of the Celebration of Wyoming Opened'', Edition: 2, braille, Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Dec 28, 2007. 317 pages. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=-HwTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] </ref>Also known as [http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/new-perspectives-fetterman-fight The Fetterman Fight]  
'''1860:&nbsp; '''From <u></u>23 April 1860&nbsp;to&nbsp;24 October 1861 the&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express Pony Express] provided fast mail service. See also [[Pony Express]]  
*'''1867-1869:'''The [http://www.tcrr.com/ Transcontinental Union Pacific Railway] was built through southern Wyoming. The towns of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, and Evanston sprang up along its route.  
 
*'''1868:''' April 29, the [http://www.dakotapathways.org/20/faq.htm Fort Laramie Treaty] was signed by chiefs and headmen of the bands from the Sioux nation.  
'''1861: '''2 Mar 1861 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Territory Dakota Territory] established. It included all of present-day North and South Dakota and most of Montana and Wyoming.  
*'''1868:''' [http://www.genealogyalongtherockies.com/wyoming/wysage.htm Wyoming Territory was created,] primarily from Dakota Territory. It included small portions from Utah and Idaho territories.  
 
*'''1869:''' Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote. (When Wyoming was admitted to the Union in 1890, it was on condition of women suffrage. Wyoming was the first state that allowed women to vote.)<br>  
'''1862:''' Fort Halleck (1862-1866) established on [http://www.travelwyoming.com/listing/saratoga/overland-trail Overland Trail]. Overland stage line changed route from Oregon Trail to Overland (Cherokee) Trail in southern Wyoming.  
*'''1875: '''[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wyoming/ar-chineseriot.htm Chinese labor] brought in by coal companies.  
 
*'''1876:''' [http://www.westerncoversociety.com/library/dakota/dakota_1.htm Cheyenne-Black Hills stage line launched] and Ft. McKinney was established.  
'''1863''' - Bozeman Trail established as a shorter route to the gold fields of Montana, through the [https://centerofthewest.org/research/mccracken-research-library/digital-collections/plains-indians/ Northern Plains Indians] last and best hunting grounds.  
*'''1876:''' [http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm Battle of Little Big Horn]  
 
*'''1876-1880s:''' The Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians were moved to the [https://windriver.org/communities/wind-river-indian-reservation/ Wind River Reservation]. With the defeat of the Sioux soon afterward, northern Wyoming was opened to cattle grazing. The cattle boom reached its height in the 1880's.  
'''1867:''' {{wpd|DakotaTerritory}} was established. It included all of present-day North and South Dakota and most of Montana and Wyoming. In 1867 all of the Wyoming portion was included in Laramie County, which was divided early in 1868 by the creation of Carter County (later renamed Sweetwater County).  
*'''1880:''' Wyoming's population is [http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/wyoming.html 20,789].  
 
*'''1890:''' Wyoming became a [http://www.answers.com/topic/wyoming state].   
'''1866: '''[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/history/fpk/122866nyt.html Fort Pillip Kearny Massacre] , <ref>Carrington, Frances Courtney. ''My Army Life and the Fort Phil. Kearney Massacre: With an Account of the Celebration of Wyoming Opened'', Edition: 2, braille, Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Dec 28, 2007. 317 pages. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=-HwTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] </ref>Also known as [http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/new-perspectives-fetterman-fight The Fetterman Fight]  
*'''1898:''' [http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Archives/Research.aspx?ID=10 Soldiers from Wyoming served in the Spanish American War] for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
*'''1902:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park Yellowstone Forest Reserve] (Shoshone National Forest) is the first [http://www.archive.org/details/yellowstonenatio00uniorich national forest] in the country.  
'''1867-1869:'''The [http://www.tcrr.com/ Transcontinental Union Pacific Railway] was built through southern Wyoming. The towns of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, and Evanston sprang up along its route.  
*'''1906-1909: '''Troops stationed at the Wind River Reservation to prevent hostilities between the Shoshoni Indians and the homesteaders during allotment of the reservation. <ref>Phillip M. White, ''American Indian chronology: chronologies of the American mosaic'' Edition: illustrated. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. ISBN 0313338205, 9780313338205. 168 pages. page 101. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=NWphztW3gcoC Google Books], [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219949 Worldcat]. </ref>  
 
*'''1895-1910:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_act The Carey Act of 1894] provided for the reclamation and homesteading of desert land, and stimulated new settlements in northern Wyoming. Latter-day Saints established towns in the [http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/basin.html Big Horn Basin].  
'''1868:''' April 29, the [http://www.dakotapathways.org/20/faq.htm Fort Laramie Treaty] was signed by chiefs and headmen of the bands from the Sioux nation.  
*'''1917–1918:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in World War I, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]] <ref>United States. Selective Service System; ''Wyoming, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918''. {{FHL|754904|title-id|disp=FHL Film}} </ref>  
 
*'''1918:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Wyoming Uranium discovered in Wyoming], near Lusk.  
'''1868:''' [http://www.genealogyalongtherockies.com/wyoming/wysage.htm Wyoming Territory was created,] primarily from Dakota Territory. It included small portions from Utah and Idaho territories.  
*'''1930's:''' [http://www.wwcc.wy.edu/wyo_hist/depression.htm The Great Depression] had an effect on the strong people of Wyoming.  
 
*'''1940–1945:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in World War II, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
'''1869:''' Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote. (When Wyoming was admitted to the Union in 1890, it was on condition of women suffrage. Wyoming was the first state that allowed women to vote.)<br>  
*'''1950–1953:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in Korean War, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
*'''1950's–1960's''' The building of [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/ interstate highways] made it easier for people to move long distances more quickly across the state.  
'''1875: '''[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wyoming/ar-chineseriot.htm Chinese labor] brought in by coal companies.  
*'''1964–1972:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in Vietnam, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
*'''1979:''' [http://www.disastercenter.com/wyoming/tornado.html Cheyenne hit by tornado].  
'''1876:''' [http://www.westerncoversociety.com/library/dakota/dakota_1.htm Cheyenne-Black Hills stage line launched] and Ft. McKinney was established.  
*'''1988:''' More than one million acres burned during [http://www.x98ruhf.net/yellowstone/fire.htm Yellowstone Park Fires.]
 
'''1876:''' [http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm Battle of Little Big Horn]  
 
'''1876-1880s:''' The Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians were moved to the [https://windriver.org/communities/wind-river-indian-reservation/ Wind River Reservation]. With the defeat of the Sioux soon afterward, northern Wyoming was opened to cattle grazing. The cattle boom reached its height in the 1880's.  
 
'''1880:''' Wyoming's population is [http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/wyoming.html 20,789].  
 
'''1890:''' Wyoming became a [http://www.answers.com/topic/wyoming state].   
 
'''1898:''' [http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Archives/Research.aspx?ID=10 Soldiers from Wyoming served in the Spanish American War] for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
'''1902:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park Yellowstone Forest Reserve] (Shoshone National Forest) is the first [http://www.archive.org/details/yellowstonenatio00uniorich national forest] in the country.  
 
'''1906-1909: '''Troops stationed at the Wind River Reservation to prevent hostilities between the Shoshoni Indians and the homesteaders during allotment of the reservation. <ref>Phillip M. White, ''American Indian chronology: chronologies of the American mosaic'' Edition: illustrated. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. ISBN 0313338205, 9780313338205. 168 pages. page 101. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=NWphztW3gcoC Google Books], [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219949 Worldcat]. </ref>  
 
'''1895-1910:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_act The Carey Act of 1894] provided for the reclamation and homesteading of desert land, and stimulated new settlements in northern Wyoming. Latter-day Saints established towns in the [http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/basin.html Big Horn Basin].  
 
'''1917–1918:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in World War I, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]] <ref>United States. Selective Service System; ''Wyoming, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918''. {{FHL|754904|title-id|disp=FHL Film}} </ref>  
 
'''1918:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Wyoming Uranium discovered in Wyoming], near Lusk.  
 
'''1930's:''' [http://www.wwcc.wy.edu/wyo_hist/depression.htm The Great Depression] had an effect on the strong people of Wyoming.  
 
'''1940–1945:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in World War II, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
'''1950–1953:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in Korean War, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
'''1950's–1960's''' The building of [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/ interstate highways] made it easier for people to move long distances more quickly across the state.  
 
'''1964–1972:''' Soldiers from Wyoming served in Vietnam, for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]].  
 
'''1979:''' [http://www.disastercenter.com/wyoming/tornado.html Cheyenne hit by tornado].  
 
'''1988:''' More than one million acres burned during [http://www.x98ruhf.net/yellowstone/fire.htm Yellowstone Park Fires.]


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==Local Histories==
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==Websites==
*The [http://libguides.uwyo.edu/content.php?pid=285920&sid=2353001 Grace Raymond Hebard Collection] at the University of Wyoming is considered to be the most comprehensive collection of published materials about Wyoming history, culture and natural history.This collection contains more than 50,000 cataloged titles documenting the history and culture of Wyoming and the region. <br>
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wyoming/ The American Local History Network's Wyoming Website] offers not only numerous links to a large variety of websites about Wyoming's life and history but also contains a number of exclusive articles.
*[http://genealogytrails.com/wyo/ Genealogy Trails Wyoming] contains, obits, histories, information about forts and Japanese internment plus much more.
*[http://www.archaeolink.com/wyoming_history_historic_wyoming.htm History of Wyoming]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wygenweb/ The WYGenWeb Project]
*[http://www.wyomingmemory.org/ Wyoming Memory]
*[http://www.genealogyalongtherockies.com/wyoming/wyoming.htm Wyoming History Homepage]
*[http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/ Wyoming State Archives]
*[http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/ Wyoming Tales and Trails]


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