Historic Events


1. Women won the right to vote in 1869.

2. Esther M. Morris became the first woman justice of the peace.

3. Devil's Tower is made of volcanic rock and has been a landmark ever since pioneers were alive.

4. Cheyenne has been the capital ever since 1869.

5. Nellie Taylor Ross was elected governor of Wyoming in 1925.  She was the first woman governor.

6. Trapper John Colter discovered Yellowstone National Park in 1807.


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