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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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[[Image:Fort Laramie General Plan.jpg|thumb|right|350px]]'''1807: '''John Colter, first known white man in Wyoming, entered Togwotee Pass 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. | [[Image:Fort Laramie General Plan.jpg|thumb|right|350px]]'''1807: '''John Colter, first known white man in Wyoming, entered Togwotee Pass 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. | ||
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'''1807: '''[http://www.thefurtrapper.com/ | '''1807: '''[http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous_sites.htm Fur trading] post establish November 1807 at the junction of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Rivers. | ||
'''1825: '''Beginning of annual Mountain Man [http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous_sites.htm Rendezvous]. | '''1825: '''Beginning of annual Mountain Man [http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous_sites.htm Rendezvous]. | ||
'''1834:''' [http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/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> | '''1834:''' [http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/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://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Introduction.html Oregon Trail] through what is now central Wyoming. In 1850, more than 40,000 emigrants passed through Fort Laramie. | '''1840's-1850s:''' Emigrants went west over the [http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Introduction.html Oregon Trail] through what is now central Wyoming. In 1850, more than 40,000 emigrants passed through Fort Laramie. | ||
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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;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;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. | ||
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<br>'''1890:''' Wyoming became a [http://www.answers.com/topic/wyoming state]. [[Image:Yellowstone National Park Brochure (1921) Union Pacific.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | <br>'''1890:''' Wyoming became a [http://www.answers.com/topic/wyoming state]. [[Image:Yellowstone National Park Brochure (1921) Union Pacific.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
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'''1898:''' [http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Research/Topics/SubTopic.asp?SubID=6&nav=1&homeID=1 Soldiers from Wyoming served in the Spanish American War] for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]]. | '''1898:''' [http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Research/Topics/SubTopic.asp?SubID=6&nav=1&homeID=1 Soldiers from Wyoming served in the Spanish American War] for more information see [[Wyoming Military Records|Wyoming Military Records]]. | ||
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'''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. | '''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''fckLREdition: 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''fckLREdition: 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. Mormons 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. Mormons 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> | '''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. | '''1918:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Wyoming Uranium discovered in Wyoming], near Lusk. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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[[Category:Wyoming|History]] [[Category:Timeline|Wyoming]] | [[Category:Wyoming|History]] [[Category:Timeline|Wyoming]] | ||