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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. | 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. | ||
In the early 1800's explorers, pioneers[[www.thefurtrapper.com/| | In the early 1800's explorers, pioneers,[[www.thefurtrapper.com/|fur traders]] (mountain men), fort builders like [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/btrail/jimbridger.html Jim Bridger] and [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/index.htm emigrant trails] began to cross the land. John Jacob Astor worked to establish a [http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/bridger2.html cross continental route for fur trade]. This would be followed by missionaries, fortune seekers, soldiers, [[Pony Express]] riders, telegraph operators, and cattle drivers. Big game hunts lured in the [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119114780/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 English and French nobility]. Railroad builders, coal miners, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_5_205/ai_66680709/ cattle barons], cowboys, sheep owners and herders, outlaws and rustlers, [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The_Great_Diamond_Hoax_of_1872.html diamond swindlers], brave homesteaders, and settlers all had either success or tragic results in their quest to make a new life out of this land rich in resources and expanse.<ref>''Wyoming, a guide to its history, highways, and people''By Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wyoming, Federal Writers' Project, T. A. Larson. Compiled by Federal Writers' Project. Contributor T. A. Larson. Edition: illustrated, Published by U of Nebraska Press, 1981. ISBN 0803268548, 9780803268548. 490 pages. Full text is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=sObNp2jHduEC Google books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6789923 Worldcat]</ref> | ||
Read more: Wyoming, state, United States: History — Infoplease.com [http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0862023.html#ixzz1BFhCMS00The http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0862023.html#ixzz1BFhCMS00The] [http://www.50states.com/flag/wyflag.htm Flag for Wyoming] features the words "Livestock", "Mines", "Grains" and "Oil" representing Wyoming's wealth of resources. | Read more: Wyoming, state, United States: History — Infoplease.com [http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0862023.html#ixzz1BFhCMS00The http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0862023.html#ixzz1BFhCMS00The] [http://www.50states.com/flag/wyflag.htm Flag for Wyoming] features the words "Livestock", "Mines", "Grains" and "Oil" representing Wyoming's wealth of resources. | ||
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'''1847:''' Mormon migration to Utah. Mormon [http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/23_North_Platte_River.html ferry established on North Platte River]. | '''1847:''' Mormon migration to Utah. 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, 1977fckLRISBN 1603540652, 9781603540650. Page 83. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=T1sz3w79VrwC&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;client=firefox-a Google Books] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17651801 Worldcat]</ref> | '''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, 1977fckLRISBN 1603540652, 9781603540650. Page 83. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=T1sz3w79VrwC&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;client=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. | '''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. | ||