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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. | 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. | ||
Many Idaho Mormons came into Star Valley in the 1870s and 1880s. There were Mormon colonists in the Big Horn Basin by 1895, but the main body of Mormon settlers came there as an organized group from Utah and Idaho in 1900. A helpful source of information on these settlers in the Big Horn Basin is: | Many Idaho Mormons came into Star Valley in the 1870s and 1880s. There were Mormon colonists in the Big Horn Basin by 1895, but the main body of Mormon settlers came there as an organized group from Utah and Idaho in 1900. A helpful source of information on these settlers in the Big Horn Basin is: | ||
Welch, Charles A. ''History of the Big Horn Basin.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1940. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=190032&disp=History+of+the+Big+Horn+Basin%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.7 H2w; fiche 6110628]). | Welch, Charles A. ''History of the Big Horn Basin.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1940. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=190032&disp=History+of+the+Big+Horn+Basin%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.7 H2w; fiche 6110628]). | ||
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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 Blacks, 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 Blacks, 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]]). | ||
There was no single port of entry common to overseas immigrants to Wyoming. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists or indexes for east-coast ports from about 1820 to 1940. More detailed information on immigration sources see [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] and [[ | There was no single port of entry common to overseas immigrants to Wyoming. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists or indexes for east-coast ports from about 1820 to 1940. More detailed information on immigration sources see [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] and [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]]. | ||
The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Wyoming, among other places. Their [http://www.paper-trail.org Paper Trail Online Database] includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters. | The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Wyoming, among other places. Their [http://www.paper-trail.org Paper Trail Online Database] includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters. | ||