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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Until 1811, when fur traders first opened a trail through the area, Wyoming was the domain of the American Indians. Between 1825 and 1840, about 200 mountain men bartered with the Indians at rendezvous in the region. | *Until 1811, when fur traders first opened a trail through the area, Wyoming was the domain of the American Indians. Between 1825 and 1840, about 200 '''mountain men''' bartered with the Indians at rendezvous in the region. | ||
*In the 1840s and 1850s, many thousands of emigrants traveling the '''Oregon Trail''' to California, Utah, and other western states passed through the North Platte and Sweetwater valleys and South Pass in central Wyoming. In the 1860s, as Indian troubles increased in the north, many emigrants preferred the more southerly '''Overland Trail through Bridger Pass'''. Until the railroad came, very few emigrants stayed in Wyoming. | |||
In the 1840s and 1850s, many thousands of emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail to California, Utah, and other western states passed through the North Platte and Sweetwater valleys and South Pass in central Wyoming. In the 1860s, as Indian troubles increased in the north, many emigrants preferred the more southerly Overland Trail through Bridger Pass. Until the railroad came, very few emigrants stayed in Wyoming. | *The discovery of gold in 1867 at South Pass brought many immigrants to western Wyoming. | ||
*A greater stimulus to settlement was the building of the transcontinental railroad in the late 1860s. Many '''Irish and Mexican laborers and Civil War veterans''' helped build the railway. | |||
The discovery of gold in 1867 at South Pass brought many immigrants to western Wyoming. A greater stimulus to settlement was the building of the transcontinental railroad in the late 1860s. Many Irish and Mexican laborers and Civil War veterans helped build the railway. Settlers from the Midwest followed the railroad into Wyoming, and built Cheyenne, Laramie, and other towns along the route. In the 1870s and 1880s, cattlemen from Texas drove herds into northern Wyoming. | *Settlers from the Midwest followed the railroad into Wyoming, and built Cheyenne, Laramie, and other towns along the route. | ||
*In the 1870s and 1880s, cattlemen from Texas drove herds into northern Wyoming. | |||
Many Idaho Latter-day Saints came into Star Valley in the 1870s and 1880s. There were Latter-day Saint colonists in the Big Horn Basin by 1895, but the main body of Latter-day Saint settlers came there as an organized group from Utah and Idaho in 1900. A | *Many '''Idaho Latter-day Saints came into Star Valley''' in the 1870s and 1880s. There were Latter-day Saint colonists in the Big Horn Basin by 1895, but the main body of Latter-day Saint settlers came there as an organized group from Utah and Idaho in 1900. | ||
*A sizable number of '''Finns''' came to work the mines in Uinta and Sweetwater counties in the late 1880s. | |||
*In 1895, a group of about 600 settlers came from '''Iowa and Illinois''' to homestead reclaimed land at a place now called Emblem, located near the Latter-day Saint colonies of the Big Horn Basin. | |||
*Today, most Wyoming residents are of northern European descent. There are small numbers of Italians in Rock Springs, Hispanic groups around Rock Springs and Cheyenne, and 2,000-3,000 African-Americans, primarily in Cheyenne. | |||
*Many '''Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Shoshoni Indians''' live on the Wind River Reservation of west-central Wyoming (see [[Indians of Wyoming|Indians of Wyoming]]). | |||
Today, most Wyoming residents are of northern European descent. There are small numbers of Italians in Rock Springs, Hispanic groups around Rock Springs and Cheyenne, and 2,000-3,000 | |||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||