Wyoming History

Jaimee

4th Grade

Dildine School

February 15, 2005

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Where is Wyoming?

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Wyoming State Facts

• Statehood date: July 10, 1890-44th State• Size in Square Miles: 97,914 square miles, 9th

largest state.• Population: 493,782 (2000 Census)

• Neighboring States: Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Nebraska.

• : Average Temperature– In Winter 19° F– In Summer 67° F

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Wyoming State Facts

• Important Physical Features: Rocky Mountains, Bighorn Mountains, Mirror Lake, Medicine Bow Mountains, Devils Tower, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Old Faithful.

• Capital: Cheyenne

• Largest City: Cheyenne

• State Nicknames: Big Wyoming, Equality State, Cowboy State.

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Wyoming State Facts

• Products: Sugar, coal, meat, corn, hay, oil, trona, glass goods, clothing, sheep.

• Native Animals: Coyotes, elk, mountain lions, bobcats, frogs, rattlesnakes, buffalo, rabbits, bald eagles.

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Wyoming State Governor

• The governor of Wyoming is: David Freudenthal

• He took office as Wyoming's thirty-first governor on January 6, 2003.

• Born in Thermopolis, Wyoming in 1950.

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Wyoming State BirdWestern Meadowlark

• Length: 8.5 inches • Sharply-pointed bill • Buff and brown head stripes • Yellow underparts with black

"v" on breast • White flanks with black streaks • Brown upperparts with black

streaks • Brown tail with white outer tail

feathers • Juvenile and winter plumages

somewhat duller • Frequents open habitats

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Wyoming State Motto

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Wyoming State Flag

• The colors of Wyoming’s Flag are:– Red

– Blue

– WhiteWhite

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Wyoming State Hero

Sacajawea was born about 1790 in what is now the state of Idaho.

Sacajawea was about 16 or 17 years old and pregnant.Her husband’s name was Toussaint. After the expedition was over in the summer of 1806, Sacajawea, her husband and son remained at Fort Mandan where Lewis and Clark had found them.

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Wyoming Mini-Timeline

• 1743--French Canadians Francois and Louis Joseph de la Verendrye become the first known whites to enter present-day Wyoming.

• 1807--John Coulter becomes the first known person to explore the Yellowstone Park region.

• 1812--Robert Stuart of the Pacific Fur Company discovers South Pass, a pass through the Rocky Mountains.

• 1867--Fort D.A. Russell was built in Cheyenne.• 1906--Devil’s Tower becomes the nation’s first national monument.• 1902--Shoshone, the first U.S. national forest, is founded in Wyoming.• 1917-1918--About 12,000 Wyomingites help win World War I.• 2000--Wyoming Senator Dick Cheney was elected Vice President of

the United States.

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Wyoming State License PlateCreated by Jaimee!

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Wyoming is special because…

1.Our state is the largest in miles.

2.Wyoming has a lot of open spaces for animals to run free.

3.Wyoming is special because it has the first National Park.

4.Wyoming special because Wyoming has the first monument.

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Wyoming TourismWhile you’re in Wyoming you must see…

• At the top of the Wyoming State Capital, there is GOLD!

• Right by Guernsey there is a place called The Oregon Trail.

• The Devils Tower is a marvelous site.

• You should go to Vedauwoo it is a marvels site.

• You should see Yellowstone National Park.

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Wyoming Mining

• About 18,000 Wyomingites work in mining.

• About 400 billion pounds of coal are mined there each year.

• Wyoming ranks sixth in the county at producing oil.

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Wyoming Agriculture

• Beef cattle are Wyoming’s top farm product.

• Wyoming ranks sixth in the United States at growing sugar beets.

• Wyoming ranks ninth at harvesting dry beans.

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Wyoming Rivers

• North Platte River• Clarks Fork River• Green River• Sweetwater River• Belle Fourche River

• Wind River• Shoshone River• Snake River• Powder River• Bighorn River

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Wyoming State FlowerIndian Paintbrush

• There was a legend of a little girl who got kidnapped.One day she ran away and drew a picture of her tribe with her blood.

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Project Resources

• Map: KME and http://www.wyolinks.com/

• Technology Integration—Wyoming History

• Slide 2 link and follow directions in notes.

• General Wyoming State information.

• Wyoming Kid’s Page

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Wyoming State Standards Addressed:

• 4. Time Continuity, and Change– Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas and cultures that

were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.• 5. People, Places and Environments

– Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, economies, and environments.

• 6. Social Studies Processes and Skills– Students access, organize, synthesize, evaluate, and interpret information using appropriate

resources and technology to collaborate, make decisions, solve problems, and report results in any of a variety of formats.

• 7. Technology– Students demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate technology to access and process

information applying a variety of resources to the study of history, geography, economics, and social institutions.