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Wyoming is a Delaware Indian word meaning "[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108293.html mountains and valley alternating]". The vast state of Wyoming was first inhabited by the Arapaho, Bannock, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crows, Cree, Dakota, Gros Venutreno or Chumashan, Gosiute, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Menominee, Numa, Paiute, Pawnee, Shoshoni, Sioux, Ute (Southern) Indians. <ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.'' Washington D.C.;Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethonology, Bulletin #30 1907. (Family History Library {{ | Wyoming is a Delaware Indian word meaning "[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108293.html mountains and valley alternating]". The vast state of Wyoming was first inhabited by the Arapaho, Bannock, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crows, Cree, Dakota, Gros Venutreno or Chumashan, Gosiute, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Menominee, Numa, Paiute, Pawnee, Shoshoni, Sioux, Ute (Southern) Indians. <ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.'' Washington D.C.;Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethonology, Bulletin #30 1907. (Family History Library {{FSC|553639|title-id|disp=film 1320577 Item 1}}.) Full text is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ze4YAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175700661 Worldcat]</ref> For more information see the [[Indians of Wyoming|Indians of Wyoming]] page. | ||
<br>Portions of what is present day Wyoming were at one time claimed by Spain, France, and England. The acquisition of the territory by the United States was completed through five major annexations—the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Treaty of 1819 with Spain, cession by the Republic of Texas in 1836 and partition from Texas after it was annexed in 1845, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican War, and the international agreement with Great Britain in 1846 concerning the Columbia River country. | <br>Portions of what is present day Wyoming were at one time claimed by Spain, France, and England. The acquisition of the territory by the United States was completed through five major annexations—the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Treaty of 1819 with Spain, cession by the Republic of Texas in 1836 and partition from Texas after it was annexed in 1845, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican War, and the international agreement with Great Britain in 1846 concerning the Columbia River country. | ||
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*'''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> | *'''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]. | *'''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''. {{ | *'''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''. {{FSC|754904|title-id|disp=FS Library Film}} </ref> | ||
*'''1918:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Wyoming Uranium discovered in Wyoming], near Lusk. | *'''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. | *'''1930's:''' [http://www.wwcc.wy.edu/wyo_hist/depression.htm The Great Depression] had an effect on the strong people of Wyoming. | ||
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Good genealogists strive to understand the life and times of their ancestors. In this sense, any history is useful. But certain kinds of state, county, and local histories, especially older histories published between 1845 and 1945, often include biographical sketches of prominent individuals. The sketches usually tend toward the laudatory, but may include some genealogical details. If these histories are indexed or alphabetical, check for an ancestor's name. Some examples for the State of Wyoming: | Good genealogists strive to understand the life and times of their ancestors. In this sense, any history is useful. But certain kinds of state, county, and local histories, especially older histories published between 1845 and 1945, often include biographical sketches of prominent individuals. The sketches usually tend toward the laudatory, but may include some genealogical details. If these histories are indexed or alphabetical, check for an ancestor's name. Some examples for the State of Wyoming: | ||
*''History of Wyoming.'' <ref>Larson, Taft Alfred. ''History of Wyoming.'' Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. (Family History Library book {{ | *''History of Wyoming.'' <ref>Larson, Taft Alfred. ''History of Wyoming.'' Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. (Family History Library book {{FSC|563996|title-id|disp=978.7 H2Lt}} 1978.) </ref> | ||
*''The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries: from the earliest known discoveries. In three volumes. Vol. 1'' <ref>Coutant, Charles Griffin, ''The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries: from the earliest known discoveries. In three volumes. Vol. 1''. Published by Chaplin, Spafford 1899. Item notes: v. 1. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Sep 15, 2006. 712 pages Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BBye7I6RVKgC Google Books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6351752 Worldcat 6351752]</ref> | *''The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries: from the earliest known discoveries. In three volumes. Vol. 1'' <ref>Coutant, Charles Griffin, ''The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries: from the earliest known discoveries. In three volumes. Vol. 1''. Published by Chaplin, Spafford 1899. Item notes: v. 1. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Sep 15, 2006. 712 pages Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BBye7I6RVKgC Google Books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6351752 Worldcat 6351752]</ref> | ||
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